{"id":14916,"date":"2012-06-08T08:38:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T12:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=14916"},"modified":"2016-09-18T13:14:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T10:14:15","slug":"into-the-land-of-sky-tinted-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/into-the-land-of-sky-tinted-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Land of Sky Tinted Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am at a McDonalds in Bimidji, Minnesota. I went a little out of my way yesterday to spend the night at the Seven Clans Casino, near Thief River Falls. I arrived at 8:00 and tucked myself along the far edge of the sandy RV parking area, then I went in to check out the restaurant. There weren&#8217;t that many options, but my ginormous turkey club with fries was very satisfying and only $8.<\/p>\n<p>By the time I&#8217;d eaten and set up camp, it was going onto 10:00, which was 9:00 by my body clock because of the time zone change. I was tired, but not ready to sleep, so I left the tailgate open to listen to the birds in the marsh and read for nearly an hour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120608-073807.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120608-073807.jpg\" alt=\"20120608-073807.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120608-073843.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120608-073843.jpg\" alt=\"20120608-073843.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I fell asleep quickly but woke up gasping around 1:00 because it was really hot, even with the windows open and the topper door cracked. I squirmed out of my sleeping bag, covered myself with the blanket only, and fell back into a deep sleep until about 5:20. That was another good night for me!<\/p>\n<p>It was 5:45 when I hit the road. I stopped for fuel ($3.43!!!!!!!!!) and coffee and was pleasantly surprised by how quickly the 100KM+ to Bimidji passed.<\/p>\n<p>Croft asked how I feel about Moya&#8217;s gas mileage. It&#8217;s as I expected. I haven&#8217;t done the math yet, but, while I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not getting the 28MPG that Ford promises, it doesn&#8217;t feel that bad. I knew that I was trading fuel efficiency for a place to sleep and easier driving over rough roads.<\/p>\n<p>I am hoping to make it to Sault Ste Marie ON today (The Soo), but I may opt to stay on the Michigan side and cross the border in the morning. I am staying at a motel tonight or maybe a campground if I find one with clean showers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120608-074858.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120608-074858.jpg\" alt=\"20120608-074858.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am at a McDonalds in Bimidji, Minnesota. I went a little out of my way yesterday to spend the night at the Seven Clans Casino, near Thief River Falls. I arrived at 8:00 and tucked myself along the far edge of the sandy RV parking area, then I went in to check out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1068,1443,635,5,1389,3,16],"tags":[853,1473,794],"class_list":["post-14916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bimidji","category-minnesota","category-north-america","category-rving","category-thief-river-falls","category-travel","category-usa","tag-accommodation","tag-casinos","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}