Mille Lacs Minnesota to Brandon Manitoba

No wifi at the last 3 campgrounds so sorry no blogs. We left mille Lacs and travelled to the Detroit Lakes area distance around 190km. We stayed at a simple camping with great people and a 'pub':  a huge industrial building all done up inside with a bar in the middle, a stage in one corner and room to dance all round. We had a great happy hour and more, good conversation and cold beer.   Marvin & Sally are the hosts here, what a great job they are doing.                                        

  A couple or 3 of pics I managed to take after leaving the pub.

We left the next morning to drive to Jamestown, North Dakota, a distance of 225km.The scenery in this part of Minnesota, was beautiful, the road seemed to go through the middle of the lakes!

The camping in Jamestown was tatty and tired, and you could reach out the window and shake hands with  the camper next door, still it was within walking distance to  "Frontier Village"; and shops, lakes, and two rivers only a short drive away.

 Bet this mode of transport was not very comfortable.

 Great old log cabin

 this old f

ella looks over the village

 Ruth checking to see if there are any Robinsons on this board (as it used to be one of the family sidelines a couple or 3 hundred years ago.Last look down the street.

Jamestown is built on an old Sioux Indian meeting place of two rivers. The Indians were moved on in 1863!

 The James River on the left and The Pipestem on the right, just look at that sky! This original summer meeting place of The Sioux, is now a park, with a board telling the sad tale of a lost nation.                                                 

We had two nights here, really enjoyed this smart little town, spending some time bird watching at the various wetlands.  

`We then moved on to a camping just north of the village of Harvey called the Haven -  - small, just 8 places in contrast to Jamestown (they would get maybe 50 campers on this hill) It was  a little paradise. We were amazed by the vast skies in this prairie landscape.

 Entrance to The Haven. Here we are at the top of the hill trying to make our minds up where to park, we had a choice of 7 places.  What about that sky? 

This is Gus the Gopher their pet "greeter"

 

 An American Goldfinch

Birds every where.

 Gus again, he is the star at The Haven. Thank you Barb. & Larry for a wonderful stay,  one night was far too short.

The distance Jamestown to The Haven 182km.