Road Diary

Somehow nobody remembered that the USG manufacturing facility is just across the river from our campground in Cloquet. All night long there was a…

The sky was clear as we emerged from our sleeping quarters one by one, the smell of coffee in the air. Soon Doug started…

Jack, aka Batman, has made his return appearance to the CEM900! Doug and Zack referred to Jack as “Batman” regularly on last year’s ride,…

We awoke to another beautiful morning lakeside, a virtual repeat of yesterday’s start. While the rest of us relaxed, Matt cooked some breakfast sausages…

Oh, what a glorious morning, clearly a Top 10 day in Minnesota. The sun shone brightly, reflections clear on the glassy lake, birds singing…

After a fabulous sendoff luncheon sponsored by Merchants Bank and Kids ‘n Kinship yesterday, we convened at John’s house at 7:30 this morning to…

Many of us convened at the Carmike Theater for the RV ride to the Merchants Bank branch office in Apple Valley for our Welcome…

Today was one of the two days where we wanted to get an early start and an early finish for our drive home, so…

The Grand Rapids area weather continues to be nice to us, something which we are very happy about, especially considering the rainy weather back…

Ok…the update some of you have been waiting for. Johnny brought the cute little pup, the new CEM900 mascot temporarily named “Christie”, back home…

Right away this morning Johnny and Tony were commenting that the diary seems to omit stories about Dennis’ mistakes, such as misleading them on…

Rarely have I seen a more unmotivated group on the CEM! A cold front moved through overnight, and it was cloudy, cold and very…