Trentham Stormchasers 2010 USA Roadtrip

 

Day 6: 27th April, 2010: Today we spend the morning traipsing around Duluth and planned to depart around midday and head into SW Minnesota via St Cloud. The winter chill lingered in Duluth with morning temperatures in thre low 40's (F) despite bright sunshine. We bid fairwell to Rich and Bette Koivisto and we wished them well in their new life in Arizona.

No weather expectations today, just sunshine and pleasant travelling. We pass from Minnesota to South Dakota in the evening and overnight in Mitchell adjacent to the I90.

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Overview of Duluth from the top of the escarpment.

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Harbour area of Duluth with the massive Lake Superior in the background (which incidentally holds 10% of the earth's fresh water!)

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Blatnik Bridge connects Wisconsin to Minnesota

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Americans love their cars and this immaculately restored Ford is no exception

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Duluth North Shore

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This magnificent building is a school!

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If I was going to call a cloud a saint, it would have to be Altocumulus Castellanus (St Cloud, Mn)

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No supercells? No worries!  Plenty of supersized trains!! (SW Minnesota)

Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode...

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