
The First Real Vacation in Two Years
Covid kept us at home all last year--a few short weekend trips, but no long vacation. We had planned a month-long junket using Amtrak to go up north and then out to the west then back again, and had to call the whole thing off, in part because all the national park sites closed. They are open now, and we're headed to Minnesota on Antrak where we will rent a car and visit a number of NPS sites--mostly WAAAYYY out in the boondocks where no people live.
Planned Dates
2021-09-15 to 2021-09-27
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Trip Map
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Off we go!
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Maidens, Virginia, United States
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Stopover
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Amtrak Union Station Washington D.C, District of Columbia, United States
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Night Train
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Chicago Union Station, Illinois, United States
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Arrival St. Paul
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Off to the Drive-In
Friday, September 17, 2021
Luverne, Minnesota, United States
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Pipestone National Monument
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Pipestone, Minnesota, United States
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Voyaging to Voyageurs
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Ranier, Minnesota, United States
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They Don't Call it the Rainy River for Nothing...
Monday, September 20, 2021
Ranier, Minnesota, United States
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At Least We Didn't Have to Carry the Car
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota, United States
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Things flying and falling
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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Today we walk
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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Driving to the Drive-In
Friday, September 24, 2021
Lake Elmo, Minnesota, United States
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Plan B
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Heading home
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Chicago Union Station, Illinois, United States
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By the numbers
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Maidens, Virginia, United States