Country Inn Stes Grand Rapids

... ice breaks up, it pushes gravel, rocks and boulders 20 ft above the waterline.

· Log load squeezers. Along the highway south of Kenora, drivers are advised to check their “Pulp Load.” At designated locations, there are two 12 ft diameter culverts standing upright. We suppose that the truck is driven between these culverts and any logs that may be sticking out are squeezed back onto the truck where the ...

... mood walks into the room you are in and see how it affects your mood. I guarantee you that in no time you will start having negative feelings. Start taking the initiative and send out positive vibes to those around you. You'll feel better in the long run.

When I paid my bill I left a bigger then expected tip. The waitress needed reinforcement that a positive attitude does bring unexpected results.

I didn't rush to get ready this morning. The drive ...

What was meant to be a warm camping trip where we could swim and enjoy the sun turned into a cold time, with gale storms to add to the mix. It was still a good time nonetheless.

We went beyond Duluth to a place called Boundary Waters. A place my wife wants her family to see, reminiscing of her summer in Minnesota. We took ...

... semis. I wish I would’ve had a radio. We could’ve had some real fun. LOL

I hit I-94 around midnight and finally got cell phone service back. Too bad it was too late to return any calls. I had already decided to drive until our next stop, my sister Heather’s in the Fargo-Moorhead area which is about 475 miles from the Farm we had just been at. I knew I ...

Flew from Minneapolis to Duluth, MN and then drove to Crane Lake in northern MN not far from International Falls. Our departure from Minneapolis was a bit sad....we had such a great time at the MN State Fair and had a wonderful time with our friend, Michael, with whom we stayed as well as with our friends Judy and Doug. Judy was our guide for the state fair and she ...

... light weight coated ( LWC ) magazine and catalog paper. The process is surprisingly simple, fast and fascinating. I don't think we will ever look at a magazine or catalog the same way again!!

After our tour we spent some time visiting with our tour guides - both long time employees who retired from the company years ago. Seems their wifes had signed them up to be tour guides to ...

After a really stunning but long drive to Grand Rapids (which ended up being about 70 miles away from Duluth) we went next door to the Forest Lake Restaurant and had a great meal. If you ever end up there have the Chicken and Wild Rice soup. Yum!

Since we only had one day and we were a way out from the Voyager National Park and Apostle Islands we decided to go to Duluth to look around as that was our main focus. When we ...

... the tire in 103 degree weather or the flat tire on the van in Harts butte, Montana in free range cattle land, and of course the flat tire on the van in the Hoh Rain forest in Olympic National Park at 10pm at night in the rain. What else would you expect in a rain forest. So laugh if you want, we are, in fact we are already laughing and cracking jokes at each others expense which is just fun being sassy and hanging loose ...

... escape Bemidji and after some false starts seemed to be on our way. Manifesting the Path We Should Take We were still unsure of the route but determined that if we were on the right path, county road 33 would be coming up. We decided that we would 'manifest' route 33. We commenced to manifesting just as hard as we could with grunts and groans and sweating brows and ...

So i'm at Itasca state park in northern minnesota. The mississippi river starts here, it's only like 6 feet wide where it starts, it's crazy. Nothing much happened while i was at the park, it was just kind of some time to chill out. I got some pretty cool pictures of the park ...