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Stuart and I had a blast in Grand Forks for the Fourth. We hope you did too. We took a well earned rest day on the 5th and cooked up steaks and veggies at our camp site. Yesterday we wanted to get an early start, but the steaks sat pretty heavy and we spent a lot of time repacking everything. We didn't get on the road until 11:30 - a pretty late time to start riding.

Cool fish statue in Erskine

Still we made 105 miles in about 7 hours (our breaks totalled 3.5 hours). Not bad for a throwaway day. We found a $5 cheeseburger combo and met some really cool tourers who were riding from Florida to Seattle. We pressed on to Solway and arrived at a local bar and grill where we talked with the locals and drank some beers. Everyone was really friendly. Someone even put on "Bicycle" by Queen on the jukebox for us.

This morning, we were woken up by Brad, the caretaker of the field we camped in, and he invited over for pancakes and orange juice. It was awesome! It turns out he runs church camps for the Lutheran church in the area and does a lot of outdoor activities as part of his ministry.

Stuart and I just rolled into Bemidji, and couldn't help ourselves - we stopped in at a liquor store in Wilton that boasted 150 deer heads on display. It was a really cool building and the wall mounts were impressive. It turns out that the town is so small, the liquor store owner is also the mailman!


Really cool antler birdhouse


Inside of the liquor store

Anyways, we're on our way to Grand Rapids for the night. It should be another 60 miles. We heard there's a Paul Bunyan statue on the way out of town, so we'll be sure to get some pictures. Until then, we'll leave you with our new favorite Bosephus song.