After visiting with some of the other campers and scouting another campground we moved to the river view campground (a whole 4 blocks) on the Root River just above a small damn. There are only about 12 spacious sites along the river and the city park where we were previously camped had about 50 very small sites and the other campers indicated that all of them would be full by Friday night.
After the move we rode our bikes around the small town of Lanesboro and up Church Hill to take in the view from the two largest buildings on the hill - a Catholic church and a Lutheran church. The view was worth the uphill ride.
If you squint you can see our Jeep & RV on the right.
A short bike ride (5 miles) from Lanesboro is the small town of Whalan, home to the Best Pie in the USA (according to a framed magazine article on their wall). This town is geared towards the tourism trade with B&B’s and a walking tour of the buildings in the town from as far back as the late1800’s. We had been advised to stop at the old gas station, built in 1923. He has a neat collection of garage memorabilia such as can and oil cans, signs, gas pumps, tools and clocks.
But the Aroma Pie Shop is the biggest draw so, of course, we had some pie. I had a Raspberry cream pie and John had the cashew, chocolate chip pie. I’m afraid the 10 mile round trip bike ride didn’t burn off all those calories!
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