West and North

[GunniLuv]

That is spectacular!

[marret]

Yeah, really beautiful sunrise and I'll be working to top, but that will be difficult. It was early, before 5am. Thanks.

[marret]

Stopped just inside east boundary of MN on Mississippi River. View from van:

[86Scotty]

Amazing sunrise Chris!

[marret]

Thanks Eric, the Pixel 4a 5G does nice photos for a phone and if you tap the right place it brings out the colors.

Barge on the river:

[GunniLuv]

Originally Posted by arctictraveller

I believe this is the only way to travel and by the way, there is a name for this, it's "Coddiwomple".......Coddiwomple (v.) To travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination.

The noun form of this would be an awesome username! Talk about a conversation starter.

[marret]

It would too, GunniLuv.

From today on the TAT, I've been on and off it all day.

[marret]

Backing up a day, I spent a bit of time driving around Green Bay. I liked the city, clean and not too crowded.

Had to go by Lambeau Field:


Then I visited the Ken Euers Nature Area. Fair amount of wildlife, including these two Sandhill Cranes:

[marret]

I headed out of Green Bay, spent the night on the Mississippi River, and then headed SW on the TAT as mentioned earlier. The TAT, while scenic, was slow going and temperatures were rising, so I decided to get off the TAT for a while to make some time.

Temp was 89 degrees and humidity was high. Uncomfortable enough for "me" to need A/C unless one happened to find shade, which at the time was not available. So I know I would need to get across SD, at least about 1/2 - 2/3rds (east-west distance), to get to the western part of the US that is less humid/low humidity, and that was hundreds of miles west.

I stopped to do some weather checking, not to mention "Burning up in the Midwest":
https://www.sportsmobileforum.com/fo...est-28751.html.

It was/is going to be mid to upper 90s and 100s in the areas I wanted to go. I know I could get west and find elevation for cooler temps.

Well, I wimped out by letting the heat and humidity get to me so I turned around and headed back to the UP. I did mention this trip would be a week or 6. My driving ankle has been bothering me too. Just too hot/humid for me to enjoy traveling. As I mostly boondock, it is too hard having to run a generator to power the A/C and I would need to find campgrounds to plug in to run A/C. Not the way I like to travel. So, next time I will depart in the Fall or Spring. Add in crowds, I like traveling during the school year better.

[gahamby]

A buddy of mine is returning east after a long PNW trip. Last heard from in ND at Theodore
Roosevelt NP. He recommended it highly.
Happy motoring