leaving Mich to ND

Hello from Medora North Dakota.
We are camped at Theodore Roosevelt National Park for 3-4 nights. The weather has improved and the scenery is spectacular. We attended the Pitchfork Fondue dinner and the Medora musical last night. It is held outdoors in a beautiful amphitheatre and while you are waiting you can watch elk up on a ridge above the stage. The town of Medora is somewhat of a tourist trap but still enjoyable. Teddy Roosevelt had two ranches in the area, and they capitalize on that. When we leave here we should love Teddy! Today we headed to the North section of the park. It’s about 70 miles away. On the way we passed a lot of oil wells. They have recently started drilling in earnest and the locals are happy about it. We saw a sod house on our way. The North section is a lot like the south but the buttes are a little larger and you are looking at them from the bottom.
I have not been unable to get online for sometime now and today I have excellent wifi and still cannot connect. I guess its back to Circuit City!!
Since I wrote last we crossed the Mackinac Bridge and entered the Upper Michigan Peninsula. We watched some freighters go through the Soo Locks, and then headed north to visit Whitefish Point. It is beautiful there along Lake Superior but a deadly stretch for freighters. Norm went rock hounding and found some really neat ones; time will tell if they make it back to PA.
Our next stop was Taquamenon Falls where the mosquitoes were almost as thick as molasses!! We intended to camp there but couldn’t wait to get out of there. The weather turned cold and wet and we beat it for sunshine. In Minnesota we visited the headwaters of the Mississippi, near Bemidji; Mickey and I stuck our feet in, but Norm wouldn’t get his wet. He walked across on a log. I would have crossed on stepping stones but I feared it would have made Americas Funniest Videos. In Bemidji I ask at the visitor’s center what we should see and the woolen mill was suggested, inside it was filled with mostly WOOLRICH merchandise. They did have a few of their own blankets and vests! Also Bemidji is known as the home of folk heroes Paul Bunyan and Babe. They have an 18’ high statue of Paul and an equally impressive one of Babe. Babe used to be in local parades but is now permanently in place by Paul.
Chief Bemidji greeted early settlers in 1888. He got his name from the lake which was called Bay-may-ji-ga-maun, meaning lake with cross waters. The lake was so named because the Mississippi runs through it.
Another neat lake in the area is Cass Lake where we parked our motor home. Cass Lake surrounds Star Island which has its own lake, Lake Windigo. We were told this is the only lake that has an island with a lake; Windigo is 199 acres and 25’ deep. You can see it on google earth. We spent the night in Bemidji and the next day we stopped for a picture at the geographical center of North America in Rugby ND, spending the night at Bismarck.