Around Alexandria MN, Fargo, ND, and Paul Bunyan

August 12
Our day started at the Runestone Stone Museum in Alexandria, the whole reason we came to the town. The Runestone was said to be carved by Vikings who came into the area before Columbus discovered the new world.

 across the street from the museum was Olaf, the viking. We walked across the take a pic of the bug man and perused the farmer's market.

Beside the Runestone Museum was a local municipal museum filled with boats.

 We headed across country on the interstate towards Morehead, MN across the Red River from Fargo. We started having problems with the trailer brakes. The truck would tell me that the trailer had come unhooked. The trailer lights still worked but the brakes did not. I thought it was the plug because the truck's plug is sloppy lose. We used electrical tap to tighten up the plug. It seemed to work.

 The yarn shop Becky stopped at to collect her sample of North Dakota yarn.

I took the dog for a walk while B was shopping we went out onto Veteran's memorial bridge and looked at the Red River. Each pillar was marked with the seal of a military branch. They even had those civil service boys, the Puddle Pirates.

 Red River

 We left Morehead and headed for Bemidji to see Paul Bunyan and his blue ox. The Red River area is some of the flattest on planet earth. It is indeed flat.

 Bemidji, MN

We spent the night at the Walmart