We have traveled in four different states today. We started in the west end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, drove through upper Wisconsin, all across Minnesota and a little way into North Dakota. This is the longest miles per day I planned for this trip and I am thankful for my great driver!
We found a nice location to stop for morning coffee right on the Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior in Ashland, Wisconsin.
The first part of our trip from Michigan to Glacier National Park is following the same route we took on a longer trip i n 2015 (we went all the way to the West Coast on that trip). We stopped at this same place on that trip.
We drove the rest of the way through Wisconsin and then up around Lake Superior to Duluth.
The rest of day was spent crossing Minnesota. We tried to find rest areas or roadside parks but could not.
We crossed into North Dakota around 4:30 and then had about an hour drive to our campground for tonight. We are at the Mel Rieman Recreation Area just north of Valley City ND. The campground is on the shoreline of Lake Ashtabula. The lake was created by the construction of the Baldhill Dam on the Sheyenne River. We walked over and saw the Dam and also took some photos of the fields (including a herd of cows) behind our campsite.
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