Leaving Door County and Heading to Duluth | Van Life Travels
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- Leaving Door County and Heading to Duluth | Van Life Travels
(EPISODE 249)
ℹ️ About this episode:
video, including how to find and change your cabin filter in your Mercedes Sprinter van, a place to dump your tanks for free, casinos that allow free overnight parking and more! We start off giving a quick overview of what we did that we didn’t show in last weeks video and then we make our way to Duluth, MN.
On the way we make a stop at Ho-Chunk Gaming (a Casino) for a free overnight stay and continue our journey the next morning to Duluth. Our first day in Duluth Minnesota, we stop at the “Festival by the Lake” at Bayfront Festival Park. Then we tour Canal Park and then drive about 20 minutes away to stay the night at another casino for free overnight stay.
This casino had a buffet that believe it or not had one of the best Prime Ribs we have ever had and was for a very good price. As we walk into the casino we noticed a concert going on and someone immediately walks up to us and gives us two free tickets that they had extra. So we quickly eat at the buffet and go back to watch the concert for a pleasant surprise. We had no idea who it was and it so happened to be, Jordan Davis! After the concert we went into a pub inside the casino that had another band playing called, Buck Wild. Michelle was feeling a little rambunctious.
The next morning we drive back to Duluth and eat at what is now one of our favorite breakfast places, Duluth Grill. Next we drive back down to the same area we parked the day before and take a cruise on Vista Cruise for a tour of the bay.
We hope you enjoy!
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Next time you're in upper Wisconsin and near Duluth, look up The Apostle Islands near Bayfield Wisconsin. There are stunning beaches, historic lighthouses, sandstone formations and sea caves found along The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, which are excellent for kayaking. Fabulous trail system. Exploring the archipelago on foot is so peaceful. There are your boats to get a nice overview.
Thanks Brian, we have a 2023 Renegade Vienna on the 3500 Sprinter and I learned a lot today from you. Tool kit and cabin air filter. Awesome
👍🏻🧡Glad you found it helpful!
Spooner WI has a bed and breakfast train that is awesome! Only one in the country.
How cool! 😊🤓
You two are sure entertaining! Thanks again for dating your videos.
Oddly enough we traveled up the Door Peninsula on July 22. In Ephraim a couple stopped us and asked questions about how we like our Winnebago ERA. We shared some pros/cons. I said, “however if you are looking for a high quality van, you should check out those Grech van.” They smiled and said they watched a couple on TH-cam and had seen one. I said, “so do we”. Than we made small talk about your van. Little did we know you were so close by! Safe travels. Next we are headed to Duluth.
Oh wow yes we were so close!! Wish we could have met y’all. Maybe another time down the road. Safe travels!
You guys got me into the Grech so thankful for that. Also I've been.imspired by your sharing your lifestyle in the rig. It was my dream.
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You always go to the most interesting places! I'll be adding Duluth to my list!
always great music you add to your videos
I never knew Duluth was such a nice place. We will definitely put this area on our list. 😊
You do such a great job of sharing the history, the fun, the good, the bad and the ugly. LOL. You create a great entertaining story and vidoe!!!
I always look forward and enjoy your videos. We have family and friends spread across the United States and spend a lot of our time driving from place to place. A lot of the places that you go we have been and it’s a real joy to say, oh I’ve been there before. really enjoy the restaurant tours and great places to eat at.
I LOVE TRAVELING THE COUNTRY THROUGH YOUR EYES. LOVE THE VIDEOS AND THE MUSIC. WE LIVE IN ALTOONA, IA.
Hey fellow Iowan’s!! 👋 🧡😊🤓
Another fun video! Cant wait for the video on your new Grech!
I can’t believe you did not go to Betty’s Pies just a little north of Duluth!
😂 Tune in to next weeks video. 🤓
Great video! Looks like fun 🤩 ❤
Ephraim, ( the name) is close to my heart! It was my grandpas name..Loved your video! Also Love all you guys' humor!😊❤
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Beautiful scenery. You guys are great.
Especially enjoyed the music offerings today. Have not and will never personally visit this area, so the tour has been especially appreciated.
Thank you!
We stopped at Betty’s pies on our get away to north shore. Loved north shore and Betty’s is for sure stop to be made. We are from NYS (not the city) everyone in MN are so friendly will miss that when our contract here ends
I agree 100% about Betty's !!! 🤪 YUM !
We've followed your videos for a couple of years now, and were blown away to see in this one that you stayed at Lebanon Hills in Eagan! This is the area I'm from and we visit family there often. We literally drove right past Lebanon Hills the week you were there! If we had only known, we could have met up.
So sorry we missed you! We would of enjoyed meeting you guys. Hopefully there will be a next time. 🧡
👉🚐👍Been to Duluth a number of times, we always stay at the Marina which is located across the lift bridge and to the south, you can back up to the fence and face the harbor. It has water and electric hook ups, and watch the ships come in under the lift bridge, they do have a Dump Station available. Didn’t look like your boat tour took you by the ore docks or the coal loading station that load the ships with coal, we also went inside the building where they rotated the coal cars brought in by the BNRR. Have a Blessed Weekend! 👊
That sounds nice!
Hope that concussion heals up fast. 😂😂 wow! That place is busy with tourists. Wait a few months and they'll all go South because it's to cold. What a beautiful place.
Love the ending lol 😂❤
Cute ending! Looking forward to seeing your new Greco.
I love little out of the way places yall find!
We just stayed at Lebanon hills campground for 3 days in the site opposite yours !! We really like the campground. My wife and I are traveling for the past 3 months in our Coachmen Galleria. And we are now in Door County. We just went to the fish Boil at The Old Post Office Restaurant. We have been following your adventures and are inspired by your videos. Thank you 😀
Too bad you didn’t have more time! There is the skyline parkway to drive, Enger Tower which has beautiful views, Park Point Beach, Glensheen Mansion, and driving to view all the cool houses on the hill including Bob Dylan’s childhood home! Then soooo much to do in Mpls!! Safe travels.😊
Great Video, you guys hit Duluth at the right time. I had to work there in the winter…not as nice…but they do have great college hockey.
Great video. I’m from the Duluth area. You still have so much to see. Come back again!
Yes we do
I just rewatched the Filter change portion of the video - good reference. We were also missing some of the tools in our van, but see you don’t have the wrench, etc, so I guess not needed for the Strada. Safe Travels.
Duluth and the North Shore are my "happy" places.❤
Love your videos! Would love to travel like you do!
I love the North Shore and hope to go back!
Hi 👋 always good 👍 😊
Great video
So interesting.
I find the aerial bridges fascinating. I believe the one there elevates about 125 ft. Last fall I went under one on a cruise ship that was twice as high in Bordeaux France. That was the first one I had ever seen. It’s amazing what engineers can come up with. As usual….great video 🥰
The Lake Superior Railroad Museum is a must see and right in Duluth.
We were hoping to see it too but didn’t have enough time to do everything. Lots to see everywhere you go in this beautiful country we have.
Happy dogs !
Love your videos❤.
How exciting, you're getting a new Grech. I enjoy seeing the changes they've made in the models. Great tour BTW. Thanks for your great coverage of Duluth.
Fun ! Thanks for taking us along ~ Stella & Wally are currently in the UP again and headed toward Wisconsin, Minnesota and who knows where next. Dipping our toes & paws in all the Great Lakes on this adventure.
Enjoy! 🧡😊🤓
I see you're heading back towards Duluth area. Definitely you need to spend more than a day or two. Drive up the North Shore towards Grand Marais a must. Split Rock Lighthouse, Gooseberry Falls, Portland Malt Shoppe (in Duluth) I could go on and on. We're heading up this Tuesday for the Bayfront Blues Fest and "camping" in the DECC parking lot. You HAVE to stop at Tobies in Hinckley on the way up to Duluth, also. So much to see and do in Norhern Minnesota! Enjoy watching you guys! Safe travels!
We stopped at some of these locations in next weeks video. Keep in mind, we can not possibly stop at every single place anywhere we go. We have a final destination (as usual) and have a long distance to travel with many stops to choose from before we get to that final destination (Hershey RV Show) by mid Sept. Thank you for the suggestions though, we really appreciate that. However, we are usually already past these areas by the time you are watching these videos.
Duluth is nature's air conditioner.
Big lake never gets out of the 50's in the summer.
Very nice video. You are getting close to us here in Canada. We are not that far from Minneapolis. We often took the US#2 route when our kids were young and went to music camps in Ontario and Wisconsin in the summer months. Very scenic drive all the way into Michigan. We border with North Dakota and Minnesota. Hopefully you can make it up across into Canada some day and check our areas out. Safe travels.
The two busiest cruise ports in the world are Miami and Ft Lauderdale. Nothing but cranes. Pretty much the same story worldwide.
The number one major exception would be Geiranger in Norway. Stunning. And on webcam right now. However, that mountain nearby is slowly sloughing into the fjord and when it lets go, that town will no longer exist.
On a similar magnitude with Lituya Bay in Alaska.
Thank you for sharing with us!
Cute ending! 😂 I didn't know that Grech RV was part of Mercedes. I could see that it is high quality though. I even told my husband about your travels in it, and I said something about it "being as nice as a Mercedes" ... Well, I was right! Haha! Can't wait to see your next one.
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Thanks for sharing cool things to do in the area, as always!! How were you able to play the concert music so long without getting a copyright strike from YT?
Concert music is not recognized the same way.
@@LivinRVision oh good to know! I did not realize that! Thank you!!!
Nice fun and informative video...as always. Have a good week. Thanks
Thanks. Love Door Cty…my old HS cruising grounds. You picked all the great places.
Hey just an fyi, the Statue of Liberty is in NJ 😊
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another fantastic video. thanks
The beauty of the Duluth is the North Shore of Lake Superior. Duluth is an old industrial city that has been revived. US steel had plants that have long since gone. Just go north along the shore for hiking, waterfalls , light houses and cute quaint towns. Also not far from Voyagers national Park. Just Spent 2 weeks in Grand Marais, then lake country which is central Minnesota.
Never been to Duluth, but we have friends from there that go to Texas. Hope you didn’t have a headache after that head butt. Love the new Goodr sunglasses! Have fun in the cities.😎🤓🥸
Hi Guys love your videos, music and how you tell the story, have been following every week but last video's week I noticed your tennis shoes and really like them.
Can you tell me what brand they are?
Looking forward to the new van.
Thank you!
We’re not sure if you’re asking about Brian’s shoes or mine (Michelle). Not sure which pair Brian had on in that video but he has a black with white pair of Hokas and he has a white/gray with orange stripe of Brooks. He got them both at an REI store. Mine are Adidas.
@@LivinRVision Sorry I meant Brian's and I found them 😎the brand is Brooks. Thank you very much!
You’re welcome!
Very cool video. I've never been to Duluth...very neat place. Hubby was there for a visit as a boy. He said he swam in that (COLD) river in July. Can't wait to see the new rig! Have a great week. Your friend in SC, Jane
I love your videos. My husband and I are working towards purchasing a Grech Strada Ion Tour next year. Question - have you guys used the air fryer in your microwave? Just curious how the food turned out.
We have not tried that yet. Those microwave combo types usually take a lot longer than a normal air fryer from what we have heard.
Duluth always fun area , sorry your boat ride was just ok. But you had great food ! we live in door county/Green Bay Area for almost 10 yrs . Thanks for showing more door county area ..was surprise you were just 3 miles away from your exit To ionic Green Bay packer world with Lambeau field .. I know your time has limits . Welll, safe travels.. lots to see in the Mpls area.. and the adventures of your new Van ! Your fans from Iowa .
Michelle, it must be hard to go into all the shops and vendor events and not buy stuff(I'm assuming). I'm guessing you buy less. I'm trying to apply that now, because we just have so much already and are not living the RV life.
Sometimes it is, but usually nothing I really see except jewelry sometimes. You can get a lot of jewelry in a van! 😂
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I'm Really Surprised you didn't take the opportunity to drive the North Shore distance To Grand Maris..(Short distance in comparison to how much you traveled to get here in Duluth.) .. Beautiful !!! Loved this episode, because we've been to most of the places you've shown the past 2 episodes... Including the fish boil. Goats on a roof...etc. The Show of cooking the fish, was actually better than the fish... sorry ! Just my opinion of a first experience... LOL 🤣🤣
Probably because on the very next episode after this one, you will see that we do drive back up through Grand Maris. Keep in mind, we have plans and we’re picking up the new van first. We just drive through Grand Maris though. We can only do so much. We agree on the fish, it was very boney. It was still good though. The Old Post office is supposed to be better.
I thought the cruise was a bust too, but you're right about the food.
You were so close! I live in Port Washington WI. You passed by us on your way up to Door County, if you took I-43. We could have had lunch or something, and a piece of pie! Maybe next time through Wisconsin, ok? Enjoy your travels.
Oh darn it! Maybe next time!
❤ funny we thought you went to Duluth Iowa because that’s what first came to mind. But saw that you were near the water! Lake Superior So we looked up Duluth Minnesota for the first time. We wondered how do you pick your destinations? Do you pick destinations solely because you have never been there?
Sometimes it’s a place we’ve wanted to go or someone has suggested it. Sometimes we get lucky and find hidden gems along the way of our route. Sometimes we just Google places to see in an area.
Oh no. You missed the best part of Duluth, GOING NORTH on 61 to Two Harbors, Silver Bay, Grand Marais and Grand Portage, all the waterfalls and the Lighthouse! Id rather take a bullet than go to Minneapolis.
Stay tuned! Not sure if you missed why we went to Minneapolis, but afterwards we headed back north which is in next weeks video.
Ive been following you guys just right before you switch to airstream. I've been meaning to ask where did you get your crossbody black purse.
You can get them at a lot of places but I bought mine in Albuquerque in the old downtown area at one of the shops, don’t remember the name but you can also find them on Amazon. Kedzie is the brand name.
@@LivinRVision thank you so much. I found your amazon link. 😍
If you were not testing out the Grech, what type of camper would you purchase? A TT or a Class B? If t is is a TT, what would be your maximum length?
We really enjoy traveling in a Class B now mainly because of how it has lessened stress and when traveling we can stop anywhere without worries if there will be room to turn around. Some places aren’t that big. But that is only because of the way we like to travel. We don’t like to sit in place at a campground for very long:
Every other time I just beat the dirt and dust out of the filter. Saves money and makes very little difference.
Except for when they have an odor. That won’t go away
Did you get rid of your Lectric ebikes? Noticed it hasn't been at the back of your Grech for a while.
We dropped them off in Iowa back in November because we were not utilizing them due to our work schedule and then always traveling. We did not get rid of them so we can still enjoy them later on.
@@LivinRVision I see. I would always worry about their security w/the bikes being attached to the back of the vehicle. It would be nice if they could be in a protective container placed slightly higher but unfortunately that would bock your rear window. I look for to your moving into the newer Grech. So exciting. Wishing you safe travels.
We had Kryptonite locks and alarms and had zero issues. The alarms alone help and they are loud and are hidden, so it would be quite a scare. Lol The high level Kryptonite chain locks are extremely difficult to cut through and Kryptonite insures to pay you the amount of your ebikes if stolen.
Good to know. Thanks for the tip on Kryptonite.
Did I miss the meet up with Michele's Mom?
No, I don’t really want my Mom on our videos and I don’t think she really wants to be either. We skipped that part. 🤓
Understandable!
Hope you had a great visit with her!
I imagine it gets tiresome always having a camera in your hand!
Yes we had a good visit!
Really enjoy your videos! I'm considering downsizing from a travel trailer to a van. Since you both are experts on that... am hoping for advice. Pros? Cons? Regrets?
Thanks so much!
Glad you’re enjoying them! 🧡
Everyone is different and our lifestyle is different than most since we are still working during the day and not retired yet. We give our pros and cons throughout various videos here and there which are meant for everyone to make decisions based off of their own way they want to travel and live in an RV.
There are so many more pros than cons (to us) in this Class B (not all Class Bs have the same benefits) and it’s always hard to just blurt them all out “on the fly” as we tend to forget some when asked. So many.
The major pros are the total hours of lithium-ion the Strada-ion has and not having to worry about finding a campground for electric. Also being so nimble and able to pull over at anything we see while traveling without the worries if there is room to get back out/turn around etc. Sometimes you see things that you don’t when you were researching before your trip and you want to stop when they just pop up as you’re driving. If you are unsure when driving something bigger, you will likely be like we were and keep on going because you don’t always get enough time to think about it or find out if there is room. You can’t always tell by a quick glance.
Many other pros especially having everything with you all the time and still being able to park pretty much anywhere except for most parking garages.
Just in case some wonder why we don’t comment on every comment:
We used to be able to answer and comment to all comments, emails, privates messages on various social media accounts, but it got to the point where we have gotten too overwhelmed and just do our best and try to answer questions only. Then we started getting overwhelmed with long emails. So if everyone can, try to get as much info from the videos as you can and if there is something we have not covered, we’ll be more than happy to answer as soon as we can. We truly want to help which is why we share as much as we can in our videos. We don’t do specific topic videos very often because they don’t do well for views. Instead, we try to include helpful info throughout our videos. Thank you so much. 🧡😊🤓
Thanks for making the time for such a thorough reply. That's exactly the information I was hoping for and it'll be instrumental in my decision. Your lifestyle is so inspiring! I'm grateful for all the knowledge nuggets you provide. Safe travels!!
Our pleasure! Hope we have the honor to meet sometime!
Yes that would be awesome!!
What in the world were you parked next to when you were parked in Duluth near the Statue of Liberty? That thing was weird looking, and huge!! Duluth looked very cool, and the food looked really good. Brian, that filter did not look fun to change… just saying 😂 stay safe!! 😁
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They were parked next to Amsoil Adams' motorcoach. He also has a TH-cam channel, (same name). He was attending the Amsoil convention.
would really like to know what your final bill was with gratuity was at the Duluth Grill
So sorry. We provided the menu though that have the prices on it, you should be able to just pause the video to view. That’s what a lot of people do. The nice thing about a video you have control over. 👍🏻😊🤓
Bayfront Blues Festival !!!!! Don't miss the raising of the bridge for the barges and ships to pass.
The Sprinter is diesel, isn't it? Noticed that the fuel pump handle from the first stop was yellow. I thought that meant it was E85, where green would mean diesel.
Yes it’s diesel. Depends on the fuel station. Some green pumps don’t always mean diesel.
I want a Grech just like yours. !!!
It will be up for sale🙂
Not sure why you would call it industrial. It's the 19th largest port in America and the 1000+ on cameras daily. would die to see the elevators and loading facilities. And they line up for raffles for a trip on a freighter. Especially the Paul R Tregurtha.
Welcome to Minnesota! Our beautiful state and Duluth is one of our favorite places in the world!
I don’t think we’ve been to Duluth. Looks like it’s worth a visit.
Hate spell check…..GRECH
Does YT flag you for including the concert music in your videos? If not, how do you get around it? I seemed to get flagged for even a little snip-it of music that may be heard. :-(
Concert music usually does not get flagged, because it isn’t exact to the recording.
can you take a trip to heaven? I want to see what heaven looks like.
Getting the new AWD chassis this time?
All the info will be out in a video in a couple of weeks.
A beautiful city! Too Woke for my taste though!
Grech
Is this a new vehicle?
No, the one in this video is still the same van we’ve had since last October. We are getting the newer year Grech van, same model with upgrades.
@@LivinRVision Will the interior be lighter?
All the info will be in upcoming video in a couple of weeks.
It looks like you parked right next to Goliath, Amsoil Adam's rig (he's also a popular TH-cam content creator that I follow) at the Amsoil Arena. Thanks for allowing me to share in your adventures!
I think that fuel station that had the free sewer dump, you should of bought fuel there. Normally it does cost to dump right? What is the incentive to allow free dumping if people won’t buy their fuel ?
We don’t keep the camera on us for every move we make. We went inside to get some water as a thank you. You have no idea how many times we forget to film something because we are sidetracked by doing something else and in such a hurry and then think of it afterwards. Never insinuate because you never know what is going on behind doors and we can not possibly document our every move.
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Duluth used to be really cool. It's still beautiful, but now it's Woke country. 😥
This! This crap right here. You probably already know what it is. If not, you're living in a cave. Baiting me?