Sand tray of our trip

For those of you who have visited me, you will know that I have a giant sand tray that I sometimes play with. It helps communicate and organize ones experience in a non-left brain kinda way (not that the right/left brain theory has any current credibility from a research point of view)

I drew a line symbolizing our geographical trip in the sand and River filled in the space with rocks and other souvenoirs of our travels.

 part of a very large spine (buffalo ? maybe )

 rocky mountains

River created the 4 symbolic faces of Mt. Rushmore

River and I

 A few friends told me they were tired of just looking at my motorcycle and wanted to see a few more pics of River. This is us in Morden

 West of winnipeg at Brian and Londa's

The sign explains it all

 Just outside of Kenora, Ont.

Minnesota

 The morden clock

 

Hanging out at the Treadway's at lake of the woods.

Borders

wildlife

The Whiteshell

 We didn't play video games the whole time

 All fun and games until someone gets tangled up

 The store at the Whiteshell

The troop gathered to send us off. Some not so willingly

Apparently it is a real thing.

What a great name for hot sauce. I found it in the Whiteshell at Dave and Lib's

Major food groups on the trip

Identify the foods for a prize ...

Edible?

How can you tell we are related?

 Here is my dad and my youngest Uncle Paul.

I found a few rocks that I like...

I tried to load them on the bike but none of them fit. I will have to see if I can find some rocks a little bit smaller. (BTW these are all rocks from my Auntie ingrid's yard)

We can't just read ZMM, we have to do some kind of maintenance

 The plastic hinges on my hard bags had worn out

 I needed a good place with a selection of tools. Here is Dave's shop in the whiteshell. You need a well tooled shop when you live 150 km from the nearest hardware store.

If at first you don't succeed use a bigger hammer and a piece of wood for backing.

How to select the best path

 First you need to follow the path that others thought was a good one

 Then you need a trusty map and journal

and then you need to decide on a direction.

Sturgis

 Apparently it is all about the motorcycles in this town

 Yes you do read that correctly. I am roasting my chicken just looking at the temp

If you don't own a motorcycle you strap the biggest engine to a pick up box and take it for a toot.

 

Apparently everyone is riding their bikes today, a local shot of the library.