Thank you Bird

thcri · Mar 24, 2004

Bird,

I agree with everyone here. You sure have been an asset to this group. No matter what the topic is you have an answer. Not just any answer but an answer of experience and wisdom. You have helped me out many times and I appreciate it. One of my goals some day when in Texas is to stop in and see you. I would just love to sit down over a soda and talk with ya.

Thanks for everything.

murph

Bird · Mar 25, 2004

Thanks, Don, and I'd like to get down there again, but don't see it happening in the near future; maybe someday, though.

Bird · Mar 25, 2004

Murph, I'd be glad to visit with you down here. And I've only been to your state once, and really enjoyed it. We spent a few days along the shore of Lake Superior northeast of Duluth, then on up to International Falls before heading south again.

thcri · Mar 26, 2004

That is some a great area. Did you get up to Two Harbors to see the old fuel oil steam engine?

murph

frank_f15 · Mar 26, 2004

( I really spend too much time sitting here.

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BIRD IS THERE SUCH A THING? we rely on u for insightful pertinent information.

Bird · Mar 26, 2004

( Did you get up to Two Harbors to see the old fuel oil steam engine? )

Yes and No. We passed through Two Harbors, and spent a few days at an RV park at Silver Bay, drove back in the car to look around at Two Harbors, but didn't know about the steam engine, so didn't see that. We found the Split Rock Lighthouse to be an interesting place.

The RV park at Silver Bay was right on the road, so we were out of sight of the water, but were told it was only a short walk through some woods to the water. An older couple from California was parked next to us and one evening, just after we'd eaten, they came over and asked if we'd like to walk down to the water with them. My wife decided to stay in the motorhome and wash the dishes, but I walked down there with them. Along the way we crossed a "wagon trail" I'd call it, and on the way back as we crossed that trail, looked down it just in time to see a black bear sow and cub come out of the woods to cross the trail about 40-50 yards from us. We stopped, and the bears stopped, looked at us, then went on their way. When we got back to the RVs, I went in and told my wife about seeing the bears and that she should have gone with us. She asked, "Weren't you scared?" and I told her, "Nope." She says, "Why not?" and I told her, "'Cause both of those folks that were with me are older than I am and I'm sure I could have outrun both of them." And she got mad at me. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif I told her I'd have gone back after I got a gun out of the motorhome. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

thcri · Mar 26, 2004

You missed one big hunk of iron. You have to stand next to this thing to appreciate it. The individual drive trains actually articulated as it is so long. I wished I had a better picture. That is my dad and me standing in front of here. She ran on fuel oil.

murph

Bird · Mar 26, 2004

Murph, I'm sorry I missed that. If I'd known it was there, I'd have gone to see it. We went to museums all over the country. My wife was just in here and thinks we did see it, but I think she's thinking of a railroad museum we visited in Pennsylvania. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Her memory's bound to be worse than mine, right? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

And we were both fascinated by the tour of the Boise Cascade paper mill in International Falls. I just found a place on the Internet that lists it as one of the top 18 plant tours in the country and I can believe that.