May Long Weekend! Two for Tuesday!

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May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
Decorative clock at the Voyageur Motel
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
Gerald, owner of the motel, chatting with Ann
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
Beside the motel was a gazebo...
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
...with hand carved benches and picnic tables.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
This sturgeon (?) marks the road to Kabetogama.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
On that corner was a small trading store with this fellow greeting you.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
Further down the road in Orr, MN, a "lazy 3" engine was headed to the great white north.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
We stopped at a cafe in Orr which claimed to make the world's largest donuts.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
Admittedly, they were pretty large. Ann and I split one of these peanut butter ones.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
On display in the cafe were all kinds and denominations of currency from around the world.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
This handmade rug was also on display.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
From Orr, we headed west on 23 past Pelican Lake.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
We headed northwest on 65 and it was such a deserted road...
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
... that Ann had her "smoke break" on the middle of the road.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
Log buildings seem to be the norm in the area. Here, we stopped in Pelland for gas.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
In Birchdale, we met a different types of citizens...
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
It's neat when logs are big enough to whittle something useful out of it.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
The owner of the local store was Norwegian and she explained to us how "lutefish" is made (soaked in lye!!). Thanks, but I'll pass!
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
We stopped in Williams for a quick cup of coffee at a bar where they tell you what they REALLY think of you!
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
We made it to Warroad as the sun was setting and we snuck inside the restaurant on the lake just minutes before it was closing.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
We had to admit that the light fixtures were pretty interesting.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011

May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
We rode back towards our hotel near the "lit up" Warroad train station.
May Long Weekend, Tuesday, 2011
The Can-Am Motel's front lobby logo.
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