Road Trip - Day 4
Today was a good day. A day of many experiences and sights.
The day started off from the town of Hibbing where we stopped at the Minnesota Discovery Center Briefly. There we got to see a F94C Starfire fighter that once belonged the Minnesota Air Guard. Also on display was a helicopter and a battle tank. It was pleasant to see that display in a city which many Americans may not even have heard of.
After getting some pics clicked we left for Voyageurs National Park.
Needless to say that the drive through the pristine forests was really beautiful. We stopped at the visitors center to obtain more information and was amazed to see the various stuffed animals on display, including a magnificent wolf. The Voyageurs national park is situated on the USA - Canada international border. There we went to the Kabetogama Lake and reserved ourselves a guided boat ride.
The boat ride was to start at 02:00 PM, so in the meanwhile we had the opportunity to grab some lunch at a very quaint but beautifully decorated restaurant with a native Indian touch called "Bait 'n Bite". The food was good and soon we were back at the small pier where we boarded a boat with mostly old people on board. The Park Rangers took us on a guided boat trip that lasted around 3 hours. This freshwater lake is huge and occupies 25000 acres and has over 100 islands within it. It is still not counted among the largest lakes in the USA. Really speaks volumes for the fresh water resources in the US.
We saw a few bald eagle nests and the bald eagles as well. It was amazing to see the size of these birds. We also saw some of the old logger cabins which have long since been abandoned. The coup de grace was an ice house built by the loggers in those days when the refrigerator was yet to be invented, to harvest ice from the river and store it for over 2 years..
After the boat ride it was time for us to leave for Montana - The Yellowstone National Park. We were planning to stay somewhere in between; in any decent town we find.
We drove through several 100 miles of forests and farmlands till we reached the city of Fargo in North Dakota. It is a decently sized and spacious city. Good wide roads and not much of traffic. We grabbed a bite to eat at an Indian Restaurant called "Passage to India"- our first Indian Meal in 4 days. The food was astonishingly good for a place like Fargo.
We camp at Fargo tonight and resume our journey to Montana tomorrow... Looking forward to that drive.
The day started off from the town of Hibbing where we stopped at the Minnesota Discovery Center Briefly. There we got to see a F94C Starfire fighter that once belonged the Minnesota Air Guard. Also on display was a helicopter and a battle tank. It was pleasant to see that display in a city which many Americans may not even have heard of.
After getting some pics clicked we left for Voyageurs National Park.
Needless to say that the drive through the pristine forests was really beautiful. We stopped at the visitors center to obtain more information and was amazed to see the various stuffed animals on display, including a magnificent wolf. The Voyageurs national park is situated on the USA - Canada international border. There we went to the Kabetogama Lake and reserved ourselves a guided boat ride.
The boat ride was to start at 02:00 PM, so in the meanwhile we had the opportunity to grab some lunch at a very quaint but beautifully decorated restaurant with a native Indian touch called "Bait 'n Bite". The food was good and soon we were back at the small pier where we boarded a boat with mostly old people on board. The Park Rangers took us on a guided boat trip that lasted around 3 hours. This freshwater lake is huge and occupies 25000 acres and has over 100 islands within it. It is still not counted among the largest lakes in the USA. Really speaks volumes for the fresh water resources in the US.
We saw a few bald eagle nests and the bald eagles as well. It was amazing to see the size of these birds. We also saw some of the old logger cabins which have long since been abandoned. The coup de grace was an ice house built by the loggers in those days when the refrigerator was yet to be invented, to harvest ice from the river and store it for over 2 years..
After the boat ride it was time for us to leave for Montana - The Yellowstone National Park. We were planning to stay somewhere in between; in any decent town we find.
We drove through several 100 miles of forests and farmlands till we reached the city of Fargo in North Dakota. It is a decently sized and spacious city. Good wide roads and not much of traffic. We grabbed a bite to eat at an Indian Restaurant called "Passage to India"- our first Indian Meal in 4 days. The food was astonishingly good for a place like Fargo.
We camp at Fargo tonight and resume our journey to Montana tomorrow... Looking forward to that drive.
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