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A Freshwater Journey from Maine to Montana: Preview - Table of Contents
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Sunday, July 26, 2009. Preview - Table of Contents. Freshwater journey began in the pouring rain on the ultra-gray morning of June 28, 2009, at Bear Pond in North Turner, Maine. Author Robert Thorson emerging from the water to begin the westward slog (blog). Wheat field and abandoned farm buildings in Dagmar, Montana. Each day between Bear Pond and Brush Lake gave us a chapter's worth of experiences, stories, and images involving Earth's most vital substance, fresh water. The posting preceding this one, ...
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A Freshwater Journey from Maine to Montana: Day 12 - Bemidji
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Thursday, July 9, 2009. Day 12 - Bemidji. One would think that after eleven days on the road, and having arrived in the security of my old hometown, that I would sleep in fairly late. Not so. I woke at 5:00 AM, just in time for a crisp clear sunrise, which I documented with a series of three photos. Sunrise of July 10, beginning at 5:30 AM local time from the front yard of my parents Cabin at the end of Walleye Drive at Lake Plantagenet, Minnesota. Gackle family cabin shares a lawn with that of my parents.
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A Freshwater Journey from Maine to Montana: Day 14 - Lake Plantagenet
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Saturday, July 11, 2009. Day 14 - Lake Plantagenet. It was a beautiful morning, perfect for the central Saturday of a weekend family reunion. Group photo with a few people missing. Though I had initially planned to take the entire day off, I couldn’t resist a short trip over to the public boat dock on the other side of the lake, where the big boat was being put into the water. Matt enters data regarding my brother's boat before it can put it into the water, Lake Plantagenet, Minnesota. . Matt ties with ...
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A Freshwater Journey from Maine to Montana: Day 17 - Continental Divide
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Day 17 - Continental Divide. Leaving New England for the upper Midwest took us from a place where they call lakes "ponds" to one where they call a lakes "lakes." By the time we got to Aberdeen, South Dakota, the same things were being called "potholes." To folks in this country, a lake is usually a large reservoir created by damming a river valley with a dam. Lakefront at cousin John's house in Richmond, Minnesota. Drain above Horseshoe Lake, Richmond Township, Minnesota.
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A Freshwater Journey from Maine to Montana: Day 11 - Twin Cities and North
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009. Day 11 - Twin Cities and North. Though I like cities for the change of pace, my nerves almost always get overstimulated. The previous night's downtown reading and this day's interview with All Things Considered on Minnesota Public Radio required navigating downtown freeways on unfamiliar exits. This woke me up far too early, something would pay for it later that night when I couldn't tell one road from another on my map. Perhaps nobody does. But Ingrid has an idea. Were not t...
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A Freshwater Journey from Maine to Montana: Day 20 - The Final Distance
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Friday, July 17, 2009. Day 20 - The Final Distance. Edora was a lovely place to lake up. Bright sun. Crisp Air. Hardly a trace of humidity. Bluffs behind Medora, North Dakota, were cut by the Little Missouri River. At the Visitor Center of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, we took tour of the Maltese Cross Ranch house guided by Mary Ellen Ergle. Maltese Cross Ranch House, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota. Later, Mary Ellen reflected on how beautiful the water was in all of its ...
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A Freshwater Journey from Maine to Montana: July 2009
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Sunday, July 26, 2009. Preview - Table of Contents. Freshwater journey began in the pouring rain on the ultra-gray morning of June 28, 2009, at Bear Pond in North Turner, Maine. Author Robert Thorson emerging from the water to begin the westward slog (blog). Wheat field and abandoned farm buildings in Dagmar, Montana. Each day between Bear Pond and Brush Lake gave us a chapter's worth of experiences, stories, and images involving Earth's most vital substance, fresh water. The posting preceding this one, ...
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A Freshwater Journey from Maine to Montana: Day 15 - Lake Union
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Sunday, July 12, 2009. Day 15 - Lake Union. Sunday was a day goodbyes, following the 15-hour picnic of the day before. Kristine and I didn’t leave for our planned day trip to Erskine until after 3:00 PM. Our destination was the original family cabin on Union Lake, which my grandfather, Theodore W. Thorson, bought in 1928 for $500. . Cottage at Lake Union, Erskine, Minnesota, has been in the family since 1928, and is about the size of many modern garages. Wheat was in the late 19. This farming village it...
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A Freshwater Journey from Maine to Montana: Day 13 - Mississippi Headwaters
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Friday, July 10, 2009. Day 13 - Mississippi Headwaters. Today’s water adventures were to the historic headwaters of the Mississippi, which lie south of Bemidji, and to the most northerly headwaters, which flow through the Turtle River. . More specifically, we went south to Itasca State Park, and north to Concordia Language Villages. . Recipe for a Clean Lake. To reach Itasca, we followed county gravel roods on the Schoolcraft Trail south toward Lake George. . Evergreen Lake, Hubbard County, Minnesota.
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A Freshwater Journey from Maine to Montana: Day 10 - Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009. Day 10 - Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail. 160; What a beautiful day to wake up in such a beautiful place as Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Our good weather since crossing the Adirondack Mountains has been as consistent as the bad weather on the other side. Today we were eager to reach North Saint Paul, Minnesota, where my little sister lives. It lies just a few miles west of the Wisconsin border. Within a few minute we passed a series of bogs (not blogs), which cover most of the map sheet.