Tuesday, was a driving day, we made our way across Nebraska, crossed a bit of South Dakota and entered into Minnesota. The wind was out of the North, so I did the usual battle with the Mercedes ESP and drove much of the time without cruise control 😡.
June is always on the look out for wildlife and overall on this trip we have seen very little, however this day we saw American White Pelicans, Pronghorn Antelope, Buffalo and an Eagle.
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| White Pelicans |
As we exited the Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest on the southeast corner is the Merritt State Reservoir Recreation Area. It is here that we saw the White Pelicans, they are beautiful and huge. We thought they were swans at first....
Much of our drive was on secondary roads with nice scenery including seeing some Pronghorns, they technically are not deer or antelopes but most people consider them closer to the antelope family. Pronghorns are the fastest mammal i North America, capable of 60 mph.
We did not get pictures of the Buffalo or the Eagle, but we have both of those at home.
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| Serenity Weight |
As we drove on Rt 12, I saw a 'Public Scale', so I turned around and weighed the Serenity. The Serenity listed GVWR is 11,030 pounds. We are fully loaded for travel, with a full fresh water tank, bikes on the front, a scooter and spare on the back. With all this, I was pretty sure we were over the GVWR and I was not wrong, we are 770 pounds over weight. That is only about 7%, so not terrible. I expect that 90% of RVs on the road are over the GVWR since most manufacturers load up the unit close to the GVWR.
I have no idea if the scale is calibrated/certified, so some day I will get an official weight.
We stopped at Lewis and Clark Lake on the Missouri River in Crofton, NE but it was closed for the season and apparently the season is a secret, we couldn't even find an open time on the internet.
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| Lewis and Clark Lake |
The site did provide some nice views of Lewis and Clark Lake, and the Missouri.
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| Discovery Bridge |
We crossed the Missouri on I81 (Yankton) on the Discovery Bridge.
We were planning to go to a Cracker Barrel in Sioux Falls, SD but I did a quick look for a Harvest Host and found Take 16 Brewing Company in Luverne, MN. I made a request and they immediately accepted it.
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| Take 16 Brewing Company |
Take 16 was a fun stop with good beer and pizza.
We retired to the Serenity Falcon and watched the movie Fargo. We had seen it a long time ago, but it was all new to us again, I did not recall it being so dark.
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| In Fargo, ND |
Don and Louann were in Fargo yesterday watching the movie too...so we will have something to talk to them about when we see them.
Wednesday we will visit family in Minnesota.
Another driving day with scenic stops along the way. I remembered the movie being more funny…😬
ReplyDeleteThat’s hilarious that you watched Fargo on the anniversary of its release. When we rented it (the first time), I thought it was supposed to be a “family feel good” movie. Oops.
ReplyDeleteIf I’m not mistaken, Fargo was mostly filmed in the Brainerd-lakes and north region of MN, up by my cabin. Enjoy travels. Are you headed up toward Royalton next? TT.