Fellow travelers on Hwy 2 near the city of Saginaw in Minnesota.
Footprints of history on the back side of the main street in Duluth, Minnesota.
Alla is trying on the typical northern-state-resident’s dream.
Day 54
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Day 53
One of the 10,000 lakes in Minnesota.
Venus de Minnesota.
Free Wi-Fi at a laundromat in Bemidji.
As a matter of fact, life in Bemidji is not standing still.
Day 52
Flashback to childhood from one of the windows as we strolled around downtown Fargo.
Movie theater “Fargo” in the city of Fargo where movie Fargo was played back in 1996.
Unforgettable view of the state of Minnesota, seen right across a river from a city park in Fargo, North Dakota.
Day 51
A giant flag the same length as a semitrailer on a patriotic gas station in Watford City, North Dakota.
A four year old cowgirl is competing with a three year old cowboy in mutton busting at Mandan Rodeo Days in Mandan, North Dakota.
Happy Birthday, America!
Alla is anxiously anticipating a sweet sleep in a one-bedroom-apartment sized bed generously offered by a kind couple, Sergey and Oksana, whom we met at the rodeo.
Day 50
Alla is capturing an idol head near the town of Moore in central Montana.
One of many thousands of farms in the eastern part of Montana.
Oil production on Hwy 68 in North Dakota.
Day 49
Fosha is all ready for the second part of our expedition.
Unlike Fosha, Alla is not. She is whiling the time away on the porch of a house, where a package with her brand new Fujifilm X-T10 camera is supposed to be delivered.
After only some 6 hours a package arrives, we can hit the road.
The full moon on Hwy 2 in Montana.
Recess in Montana
The second week of our recess is taking place in Montana in the town of Whitefish. Which is situated by the Whitefish River. In which the white fish are found. We are catching and eating eat, but the lake trout from the same river is a lot yummier.
Glacier National Park is about 20 miles northeast on Hwy 2. It is a definite must-see part of the program.
Floating on the Flathead River.
Rural rodeo. We came to this cowboy show for the first time, were very impressed, and want to see more. Will write a separate post about it.
This is how we live.
And this is how we fish.
Resting, while traveling.
Recess in Washington
The first part of our trip is over. We are resting and regrouping in a small town in southeast Washington. One month on the road has taught us some basics, specifically concerning unnecessary things. We serviced our car, did laundry, washed up well, got plenty of sleep and, of course, feasted to our heart’s content. Ain’t that what moms are for.
While mom is making piroshki, dad is relaxing to the accordionist’s clumsy passages.
There is a lot of beauty surrounding Walla Walla, as well as many different back roads that allow us to come close to this beauty.
You can watch the labor in the fields.
Enjoy some baby peas.
Drive up to secret places on some hard roads.
Stand still for a moment, giving way to memories from youth that rush through the mind.
And at sunset walk through the fields, running your hands over the tassels of wheat, like Gladiator.
Resting.
Day 34
Our Ford is again in safe hands of the master-mechanic, Volodya Kostenko.
The most simple, typical lunch at Ruslan’s mom’s house on a Wednesday afternoon.
Lyubov Ivanovna is browsing through Rusichkа-dearest-son’s blog.
Day 33
Alla is assessing the rafter’s skills on the Lochsa River rapids, Hwy 12, Idaho.
Beautiful vintage post office boxes in the town of Kamiah, Idaho.
The beginning of summer in the fields of southeastern side of Washington state.
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