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It\u2019s been a enjoyable time here in Bemidji. We\u2019re reached the northernmost point in our trip, and while not as high an elevation as we saw in Wyoming we are at 1350 feet now\u2026it\u2019s roughly all downhill from here to New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our stay started with an orientation meeting and a dinner. Greg had walleye (very good) and Leila had prime rib (about the size of her plate\u2026a lot went home for last night\u2019s dinner). We also did a little walk around downtown, looking at sculptures done from salvaged metal. Some of them were very nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a quick note about Bemidji: we\u2019re told it\u2019s the birthplace of Jane Russell, the actress, it\u2019s the First City of the Mississippi. It\u2019s also the home of the Lumberjacks (Bemidji HS) and the home of the Beavers (Bemidji State University). Greg felt right at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday was the first bus excursion of the trip. The bus driver, Greg, did his best to sound like a Minnesotan; he had a great sense of humor too. The group got their picture taken with a statue of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, then a tour of a woolen mill, then on to the headwaters of the Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is remarkable to see how humble a beginning the river makes. Lake Itasca has a shallow end, and the river just sorta tumbles out of it. We did indeed wade across. The water wasn\u2019t too cold, I\u2019m sure the lake warms it up a bit. After a box lunch we were taken on a two hour boat ride across the lake, and heard a bit of history along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 31 is a travel day, but we don\u2019t go very far\u2026just two hours or so. We\u2019ll have our first driver\u2019s meeting, then hit the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leila points out that they aren\u2019t quite as big as the Paul and Babe at Trees of Mystery. How they get to the Redwoods? I\u2019ll need a refresher on that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Getting our feet wet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s a humble little river now, but just wait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s the headwaters as seen from the lake. No wonder it was hard to find from a canoe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a enjoyable time here in Bemidji. We\u2019re reached the northernmost point in our trip, and while not as high an elevation as we saw in Wyoming we are at 1350 feet now\u2026it\u2019s roughly all downhill from here to New Orleans. Our stay started with an orientation meeting and a dinner. Greg had walleye […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2luhns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}