We moved from Ham Lake yesterday to Hinkley, Minnesota. About 60 miles more north. We wanted to find the police department in order to get a badge or business card for our nephew who works for Hinkley OH police department. No such luck. This town is on Ojibwa lands and they do not have a police department/fire department like any other town/city - they have tribal security forces. Trying to find the town on Mapquest shows empty fields - we are sure on purpose. We are on Indian Nation land and what ever they want to do, it's fine. They are not governed by US laws since they are a separate nation. We are at Grand Casino, a Mille Lacs Band and Ojibwa tribe casino. There are 16 similar casinos in Minnesota - a consortium of 500 tribal groups. However, this is the only campground inside a casino. Wish there were more of casino campgrounds - we would definitely camp there, it's much cheaper, cleaner, well laid out, all the amenities you need! Found out we are camping at the #1 rated campground in Minnesota. It is lovely here and can understand the rating. We decided to eat at the casino last night, checked out the buffet but was recommended to eat at the better restaurant - the Winds. Fantastic! We sat down to dinner at 5pm and by the time we left which was about 7pm, the casino was packed! And so was the RV park. The only complaint I have - a shuttle bus drives around the complex 24/7 - every 20 minutes - to pick up and drop off people for the casino. During the night, if you are a light sleeper, you hear the shuttle moving around.
This morning we decided to drive into Duluth located on Lake Superior. Wow, talk about timing! Tomorrow marks the anniversary (8-7-1789) of George Washington signing into law the
federalizing of the nation's lighthouses and tomorrow starts Light House Days in Duluth. We got into town about 9am, walked around, saw two freighters coming and going through the harbor, walked the harbor walk, walked out to the lighthouse, saw the lift bridge and then drove down to Canal Park, toured the US Corp of Engineer museum/visitor's center and by 1:30pm we had enough - and a thunderstorm was coming. There were no parking spots left, gazillion people walking around, busy, busy! Duluth is a very people-friendly town. A huge harbor for shipping, they have developed the waterfront with shops, restaurants, entertainment, alot of family-friendly activities. They say the winters in Duluth aren't necessarily snowy, just bitter cold - 0 to -30 for the month of January. Now that's cold. And - we found out this casino campground is open all year! Can you imagine camping in 30 below temps? Brr. Can you hear me complaining all the way to Ohio about how cold I am?
federalizing of the nation's lighthouses and tomorrow starts Light House Days in Duluth. We got into town about 9am, walked around, saw two freighters coming and going through the harbor, walked the harbor walk, walked out to the lighthouse, saw the lift bridge and then drove down to Canal Park, toured the US Corp of Engineer museum/visitor's center and by 1:30pm we had enough - and a thunderstorm was coming. There were no parking spots left, gazillion people walking around, busy, busy! Duluth is a very people-friendly town. A huge harbor for shipping, they have developed the waterfront with shops, restaurants, entertainment, alot of family-friendly activities. They say the winters in Duluth aren't necessarily snowy, just bitter cold - 0 to -30 for the month of January. Now that's cold. And - we found out this casino campground is open all year! Can you imagine camping in 30 below temps? Brr. Can you hear me complaining all the way to Ohio about how cold I am?
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