{"id":2983,"date":"2019-04-13T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2020-01-20T18:26:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T00:26:30","slug":"day-16-eau-clair-to-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/13\/day-16-eau-clair-to-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 16: Eau Clair to Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today it&#8217;s all about getting home. On every trip there comes that time when you&#8217;re done and you just want to be home and this is that day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">After a little breakfast at the hotel and loading up at a near by Starbucks we hit the interstate for the run to home. Just after we get on the interstate Shirley realized that she doesn&#8217;t have her phone. We&#8217;re not too far from the hotel but it&#8217;s quite a distance before we can exit and turnaround. After recovering the phone which was somehow hidden in the bed we&#8217;re on our way again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not to much to report on the drive as we skirt Minneaplolis and get to Fargo for the required Costco stop and some food and gas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/IMG_1192-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2982\" width=\"330\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1192-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1192-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1192-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1192.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s spring time and there is some talk of flooding as always. It doesn&#8217;t seem too bad as we start noticing a lot of water in the ditch. Then there is more water but only a short stretch where the road narrows to one lane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/IMG_1204-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1204-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1204-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1204-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1204.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/IMG_1205-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1205-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1205-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1205-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1205.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Customs at the border is a breeze as we have all our paperwork lined up and after a few basic questions were back in Canada and only 1 hour from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a late night but we&#8217;re glad to be back in our own bed. A great trip but as they say, there is no place like home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today it&#8217;s all about getting home. On every trip there comes that time when you&#8217;re done and you just want to be home and this is that day. After a little breakfast at the hotel and loading up at a near by Starbucks we hit the interstate for the run to home. 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