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Travel Blogs from East Grand Forks
Montana and North Dakota
Glacier National Park was grand. Hiked to Avalanche Lake (6 miles round trip) - WOW ... drove out via Going to the Sun Road - stopped at Logan Pass and hiked to Hidden Lake overlook WOW - and got up close and personal with a family (maybe 8) mountain goats including 3 babies.
Montana drive was scenic and went well. North Dakota drive was a drudge. HUGE oil boom in northeast corner (fracking technology) - roads torn up and lots and lots of trucks - ...
Relatives
... that she has a daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren living in Cable, WI and they make several trips a year to see them - GOING RIGHT THROUGH BARNES! They will stop and spend a night with us!
The campground was BAD. Trees, but being along freeway and a gravel frontage road - well............Top it off, it was run down and in need of much repair and TLC!
We slept, but only by ...
Day 5 - Grand Forks ND
... on the helmet visor turning it to sludge -- can one see to get off this bridge ? In the middle of Minnesota I drove through a wetland what seems to be the equivalent of the Sud (the swamp that stabilizes the flow of the Nile in Sudan) for the MIssissippi River . It is one huge bog and collection of lakes -- and a series of bridges over what look like little creeks are labeled "Mississippi ...
The countdown begins.....
Hi Everybody!
Less than a month before my great adventure begins! (29 days to be exact!) I have decided to write this blog while I am abroad as a way to share my adventures and also as a way for me to document my journey. If you would like, you can get email updates and you will receive an email every time I add an entry. I will try to post on Facebook every time I make an entry, but I ...
The Home Stretch
Decided to do the "horse and the barn" thing and head straight through to home (about 18 hours from Grand Forks). Played “ dodge the deer” again through Minnesota and didn't even stop for cheese in Wisconsin (bummer). All night drives are bizarre – feels like you’re in another world. Ro did an awesome job with Laura riding shotgun to keep him enthused and focused (while I really tried to sleep ...
Location
Other places to stay in East Grand Forks
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East Grand Inn
606 Gateway Drive NE, East Grand Forks | 2 star hotelfrom $57 -
Howard Johnson Inn East Grand Forks
1400 Gateway Drive, East Grand Forks | Hotel
