Most of today was spent working on RV repairs. After
hours cutting away the underbelly cover and locating the black tank and gate
valve, Jim discovered he didn’t have the tools necessary to do the job even if
we got the parts over-nighted to the campground. I found a shop about 20
miles from our next stop in International Falls, seemingly the only one in far
northern Minnesota, and we have an appointment for Thursday afternoon to get
the repairs made.
This afternoon we went back to the cemetery to look again
for the three people we missed. We found one of them but the other two
aren’t where the church database says they are. We headed for another
small cemetery near town and found it was about 1/3 mile off the highway in the
middle of a field with an electric fence and no access. Electric fences
often mean cattle and/or bulls inside. Don’t think we really need to see
that one!
Checked out Sportsman’s Park which is at the confluence of
the Clearwater and Red Lake Rivers. It’s a beautiful park and the rivers
are gorgeous.
Red Lake River with Clearwater River coming in from the
left.
Park bench with fish carving. There are lots of
carvings around town. Someone is generous in sharing his or her talent.
The Red Lake Falls Gazette has been in business for a very
long time. My father’s letters home to his parents after he went to Africa
in 1925 were published in installments in this paper for the whole town to
read. He had a degree in geology from the University of Minnesota and was
prospecting for diamonds for a big diamond mining and lumber company. All the extended family knew about him, both in Minnesota and in Yakima, Washington, where many of them had moved before 1920. They all thought he must be very rich since he was working in diamonds.
The sun is bright orange/red this evening due to the extreme
haze from all the wildfires in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It’s been hazy
all day but we didn’t find out the cause until tonight’s news. I
mentioned a few days ago how long daylight is lasting this far north.
It’s not completely dark until after 10:00 pm here. It really throws us
off! It’s wonderful for the people who live here and have to endure
winters with little daylight and temperatures as low as 60 below. They
make use of every bit of daylight they can in the summer.
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