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Two Days of Heavy Rain
Van Life Greg Ott Van Life Greg Ott

Two Days of Heavy Rain

After a long day of travel through rain, high winds, and dealing with a slow tire leak, I made the two-hour drive to Duluth to get the tire fixed. I had planned to stay overnight at the local Walmart, but it turns out they don’t allow it—and the place was loud and chaotic anyway. As evening settled in, I headed back toward Bayfield and luckily found a quiet snowmobile trail pull-off just 13 minutes from town. Surrounded by woods and silence, it ended up being the peaceful stop I didn’t know I needed.

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