good chilly morning to y'all guys as we continue on the great river road we're
gonna be getting up to Brainerd today and then when we get to Brainerd we get
to start going directly south which is good good news
warmer down south this one's here first ones here sorry folks were closed for
two weeks to clean and repair America's favorite family fun park I don't
understand what's going on right now I was really looking forward to going to
Paul Bunyan land here it's a Sunday in October and they're closed for the year
I was so looking forward to this stop this is a Paul Bunyan theme park well
there you go open every day Memorial Day to Labor Day so I got some more bad
information they they closed in September before I even started the day
today I thought the title and thumbnail for this video would be Paul Bunyan land
and that would be it now all right wow man I am bummed it'll be okay
we're still gonna find some fun stuff today get back on the road I guess so
bear with me I'm still a little disoriented you know go ahead and make
your plans and then nature and life will laugh at your plans we're here in
Brainerd officially Brainerd Minnesota and you know we're still on the right
route because there's your sign we're still on the Great River Road mm-hmm and
there's that pesky Mississippi River yeah
all sorts of twists and turns and craziness I wonder if anybody has ever
tried to canoe down the Mississippi River what do you think is that even
possible I'm not sure no because there's dams and
locks you have to get out a lot but let me look at the map and see if we want to
do anything in Brainerd before moving on South okay so a little letdown with the
Paul Bunyan stuff but the Sun just came out in the last 30 minutes or so
here in Brainerd and they have a water tower that the locals here call Paula
bunions flashlights I mean they could kind of see it looks like a flashlight
but so far no sign of Paul Bunyan so we'll keep looking around town I am
really digging the sunshine that is fantastic
so as we leave the Brainerd area here in Minnesota I just went into the visitor
center here and was told some shocking information the movie Fargo with the big
Paul Bunyan in the snow off the highway that says welcome to Brainerd big Pulp
doesn't even exist it's a movie prop it's not even a welcome to I've been
looking for it all day doesn't exist that's hilarious but like I said the
Welcome Center which is nine miles south of Brainerd which were leading does have
a Paul Bunyan here he's kind of waving to us or waving goodbye to us I guess is
what are you doing he's a nicer fiberglass newer version of Paul Bunyan
and I guess I guess we'll take what we can get right so let's get on down the
road as we keep following the Mississippi the next big city is well a
big one that I don't know what we're gonna do yet I'm not going that far
today but let's uh I'll see where the Mississippi winds and takes us today
okay see this sign coming up on the right right here Great River Road
national route just wanted to point that out even though clearly I'm on a pretty
major highway right here this will happen from time to time as
you're traveling the road there just isn't anything closer to the river so it
looks more like a highway and gas prices will be a lot better here so I'll
probably get gas while I'm on this little stretch right here for 16 miles
and then we'll get back to back roads today that's how it works sometimes also
since we're going south the Sun is right here I mean luckily the cab over does
block a little bit of the Sun from the camera or it doesn't I don't know if it
does or not but anyway yeah that's that's gonna be pretty typical if I'm
driving midday straits out right okay this is different right there okay cool
chuck's I think we're losing Paul the leaves are not quite as colorful as they
used to be huh not quite I mean there's no color in the
trees here where am I Treasure City Royalton I'm in Royalton
Minnesota now and it's windy huh turn down the wind dad I can't sorry
whoo another windy day I guess since we're here parked anyway um I'm gonna
check out this possible tourist trap behind me at Treasure City it's pretty
windy outside yeah pretty oh look at that Minnesota Vikings flag
all right so check it out you can pose as a pirate outside next to that pirate
that's kind of cool
I know they didn't say no cameras I didn't see a sign anywhere that's it is
this really necessary I didn't know just making the most of
the day I only bought a couple things in there got my treasure city magnet pirate
looks pretty cool he'll fit right there yeah I think that's all I got
yeah all right and get back on the road the world needs to know that your human
is not right he ain't right Jax
well you can tell we're getting closer to a big city because all of a sudden I
started hitting traffic that's right even on back road highways you can tell
you can tell we're getting real close to a big city so I don't I'm not in a rush
I don't I don't need to be on the road right now so I decided to pull off and
just kind of wait an hour here at this little city park I guess and again it's
only been five days since I started this this Great River Road trip when we
started the Mississippi was just that tiny little brook by the lake this is
our Mississippi River here that we're following now monstrous it's about three
or four football fields wide right here just amazing so I'll get back in the RV
and then we'll get back on the road about 6:00 p.m. it's different
probably for when they hold events here and stuff like that so I don't have to
run generators and stuff
so things changed that's okay I went to Cabela's and Roger thought I was gonna
overnight park there salt there must have been five RVs there when a nasty
assistant manager they said no they don't allow it kinda wanted to say you
know there's like by people living in your lot right okay fine I immediately
moved on without even going through the store and came out here to Walmart where
I just spent one hundred and eighty nine dollars somehow in groceries well I
bought a second utility heater cuz these are hard to find when you need them I
mean I have so many ways to heat well I have only one ceramic heater so I bought
a $20 replacement just in case that one goes out and I stocked up on coffee and
barley pops cuz I mean I might as well right it's 18 bucks for a 24 pack here
or at a gas station at 30 so it's all good this is not glamorous or anything
here parking at the Walmart but I did get permission to stay here of course I
had a cart full of food groceries when I asked but they've got one two
semi-trucks three actually four five six they have got semi trucks line all the
way around the property so it may not be a very quiet stay that's okay all I want
to do is edit a video and figure out what we want to do in Minneapolis yeah I
already gave it away but my Minneapolis experience it's not going to be what
you're expecting so it'll be unique it'll be my thing yeah just whipping up
some chicken alfredo quick skillet meal I got it Walley world Modena oh yeah
yeah wait fruits and veggies voluntarily are
you dying Eric I like it wait maybe the world has never seen me
eat a veggie voluntarily no you can't have any I just fed you honey you know
stay down you know what it's not too bad out here I'm right underneath one of the
lights right here so I feel like I'm all lit up and safe and everything and it's
actually pretty quiet now that Russia rush hours over with
anyway yeah all right you guys have a great weekend Jackson I'll be back from
Minneapolis probably on Monday morning have a good night guys
you