just thinking about stuffs well good sunny chilly morning to you from
Minnesota everybody I don't do this too often I'm in an RV park that's because
most of the water everywhere here in Minnesota is turned off this time of the
year and I needed water so 30 bucks a night for unlimited power water I've
rinsed mine my dump tank there and that took the bike off wash the entire RV
actually I asked him where I could wash it I said to wash it right there did a
couple loads in the laundry room one of the nicest laundry rooms I've ever seen
just for the convenience factor I mean it's just quarters that don't matter
and now we'll get back on the road all refreshed well Yoda refreshed me and
jacks refreshed as well so let me pack up everything and then we'll be heading
on down the Great River Road so I think we're ready to go Jack see comfy happy
Halloween everybody October 31st hope you all have a fun safe evening tonight
now we're all warmed up everything put away unhooked and get on the road now
ready so what you should know about me is a certain thing sparked my interest
for instance a sign saying botanical garden and metal sculpture garden off to
your right yeah we're gonna check it out look at that don't you just want to
climb up that thing I won't because it's art but it's weird stairway to nowhere
yeah this is the little walking trail that
they provide for you the freaking grass is taller than I am
I just realized all of these actually have little plaques and signs like this
one is just called when it rains by Andrew McGuffey no other information but
it's a tilted house with a weird chimney looking thing okay
also the sculpture park is just acres and acres long there's stuff everywhere
out there here it's like a scorpion with a cannon just called the snark tank cool
alright okay I really want to know what this one's called let's see here
untitled yeah thanks guys how do you make art and not title it
come on alright interesting little art park here off the Great River Road we
got to get back on the road though we are on the National route of the Great
River Road and here in the city of Red Wing Minnesota and I'm waiting obviously
by this thing reminding me there's the water down there yeah I
believe this is where they make the Red Wing Shoes guys
when confectionary
happy Halloween Redwing bicycles there's Duluth trading down there and
here we are at the Red Wing shoe store in Red Wing Minnesota Red Wing boot
actually I don't even think that would fit the Statue of Liberty right there
that is pretty cool mm-hmm I'm glad we got to see the
world's largest boot they claim and they have a free museum upstairs so check it
out 1905 purpose-built Footwear was born one see the evolution of how at Red Wing
boot is built there's how they start cutting it out of leather
you got the heel stay and the pull strap on the front the gusset the vamp the
quarter the plug goes into the vamp okay then they have that seam right there
hey starting to look like a boot guys that's really fun to see when they put
the sole on cork flake material okay the outsole is glued to the midsole and we
have a boot booty-ful look thank you I'm here all day actually
we gotta get on the road so goodbye Minnesota okay one of the
weird things about the Great River Road is that it's not really the Great River
Road it's almost entirely the Great River roads okay on each state side
there is a Great River Road you could literally do it twice and see totally
different stuff each time that seems kind of weird right so lots and lots to
see as you can see the Mississippi River we are crossing over and once we get to
the middle of the Mississippi River here we are now in Wisconsin I know you hate
the bumps Jax I'm sorry okay you want to go into my seat all right buddy
sorry but yeah so we're just gonna change things up and explore a little
bit of the Wisconsin side of the Great River Road instead
might as well look at that Mighty River oh yeah lots of construction the roads
are terrible but it is what it is I think I personally feel like the
Wisconsin side might be a little better and that's great that you have options
you can do it multiple times but I mean plus their Road is actually the highway
is called the Great River Road it's named the Great River Road on the actual
map they've got just tons and tons of these beautiful overlooks with plenty of
convenient RV parking whoo-hoo I think I'm gonna have lunch right here
hang on hang on not this guy but you're terrifying this
big fudge big guys how long have I searched for the elusive Bigfoot years
and years on YouTube there's been a couple times where I've come close maybe
it started raining and he rusted kind of like the Tin Man that's definitely him
yes I know I'm easily amused speaking of Tin Man Wizard of Oz now is
we like walk through the trees you got the apples on the tree since I feel like
we're reliving Wizard of the Oz it's been a long day
some people build fences for privacy some people build fences to keep people
out in Wisconsin they build fences because they have an alarming amount of
leftover snow skis this is an entire I don't know 300 feet long fence made I
have nothing but skis pretty strange guys you like it I like it I got a lot
of political signs too but I've never seen anything like that
huh what is this could I camp right here I guess Flo I just a little weird like I
parked and then as soon as I started looking at the water I was like no wait
a minute are we gonna see Gators oh no we're in Wisconsin but something
about this really has that swampy Florida feel doesn't it kind of know
this is a moving River I don't know if it's part of the Mississippi on the
other side probably just the the flood plains you know have when the
Mississippi goes over its banks has to go somewhere that's why it looks so
swampy because it's such a massive river there's also water on the other side of
my RV little parking turnaround area you might call it I don't know what to call
it officially I really like the colors though I don't know if you can see but
it's pretty and there's a little plaque here that says in memory of Jay Reed we
had our look at paradise we sipped from eternities cup we listened to the music
of the universe Milwaukee journey's Sentinel Wisconsin
DNR and this one over here says Huck's landing in memory of Chuck Seifert the
Nelson trappers of 1989 cool well then this becomes my first official free
campsite on the Mississippi River and hopefully there's a lot more of this to
come because I'm getting solar batteries are fully charged got plenty of water
and propane and not too scabby there is road noise
every time they come over the bridge you can hear it click funky clunk but it's
not too bad some people couldn't put up with that but for free I think it's
worth it I don't really need to put him on a leash right now there's no danger
we're not near the highway and he's happy just chewing on some grass so man
what a fun day today I'm really glad crossed over here into Wisconsin because
it was sorry a little better than the version on the Minnesota side you like
it don't you Jax you know if it's kind of noisy so again
happy Halloween everybody happy Wednesday and goodbye Skeletor I got to
pack him up for the year again put him up top in the cabover area and move on
to the next season mm-hmm guys have a great Halloween be safe Jackson I'll see
ya on Friday here back on the Great River Road heading south towards warmer
climates hopefully bye guys