Monday, September 9, 2013

Destination Grand Marais, Minnesota

Why would anyone drive 1400 miles to a rally of folks we met with in Asheville, NC several months ago, I don't know, but we are. Grand Marais, pronounced gran ma ray is the name given by French fur traders, meaning great marsh due a marsh just above the harbor.


What's this? At the first rest stop we discovered the full roll of paper towels unwound with the vibration of traveling. Forgot to put a rubber band around the roll.


We left home Tuesday after Labor Day and arrived in Forest City, Iowa Thursday afternoon. This the home of Winnebago, the oldest and largest manufacturer of motorhomes. This was where our MH was built and our mission was to take a factory tour the next morning. They have a huge facility and have special buildings where they make the upholstery, cabinets, metal extrusions, just about everything in the MH except the chassis and appliances. The moving assembly lines were amazing with a mixture of different models traveling down the same line, all MH are built to a firm order, none for inventory. Even Nita enjoyed the tour, unfortunately photos weren't allowed.

We departed Forest City after lunch and crunched through a lot of road construction and busy Minneapolis.

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1 comment:

  1. Good to see your blog up again. I always enjoy keeping track of you two. Your descriptions of food make me want to share -- especially the exotic fruit pie. Be sure and have another piece on the way homes.

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