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Monday, July 26, 2010

7/21/10 Wed. Riverboat - Betsey Northrup








Nice day to kick back, again very hot, so we decided to take a riverboat ride out of St. Paul on the Mississippi River . We saw barge activity on the river, our push boat had a hydraulic lift style pilot house, and we went up river to Fort Snelling which was our turn around point. Fort Snelling was where Taber had done reenactments as an Indian agent back in the 1880s - one summer Carl visited Taber at the fort , playing a steam boat engineer and found himself landing in jail , because he was trading liquor to the Indians for firewood to be used in the steamboat's boiler !!!

1 comment:

  1. Hi Dad and Rachel,
    The blog posts tell us that you are all set up in Ohio with wireless access. I hope you were able to get a good spot in the daisy (is that what it is called Dad?) and that the Airstream staff have your to-do list.

    Thank you for making the stop in Minnesota on your way East. We were thrilled to see you, spend time together and learn some new games. We saw Todd and Michelle on Sunday and they had a lot of fun with you and they were happy they got to see you.

    We're anxious to see a blog post about the changes to the Silvah Dollah - keep us posted.

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