Just got back from a vacation visiting my daughter in MI, with a long side trip sandwiched in the middle. Traveled from sw MI, via Chicago up to WI, then along a beautiful road from Prairie Du Chien to Prairie Du Sac. That was followed by a trip along the Mighty Miss on the MN side, up to Duluth, then along the West side of GitcheGumee, up to the Canadian border. The return trip went via the Twin Ciites, then South on lots of secondary roads in MN and Iowa. Finished up by taking 80/94 back to MI. We had always wanted to see some of this part of the country, and it was totally worth the huge amount of driving. I would have liked more time because there were lots of places we didn't have time to visit. You folks out there have a very nice place to live.
Watching the firewood situation everywhere we went (that doesn't take a vacation), I came back with a couple of questions for the folks living out there or familiar with these places.
1) The area around the West side of the Big Lake appeared to have at least 50% Birch, but that was just from the window of a moving vehicle. If that's correct, is Birch the primary firewood, or do folks in that area of MN try to find other stuff as much as possible?
2) Iowa had endless, fine fields of corn and soy, but very few trees. Maybe they were hiding somewhere we didn't go. So (for Oldspark and others from IA), where do you get the firewood?
For anyone considering a visit to these areas, it's well worth the trip.
Watching the firewood situation everywhere we went (that doesn't take a vacation), I came back with a couple of questions for the folks living out there or familiar with these places.
1) The area around the West side of the Big Lake appeared to have at least 50% Birch, but that was just from the window of a moving vehicle. If that's correct, is Birch the primary firewood, or do folks in that area of MN try to find other stuff as much as possible?
2) Iowa had endless, fine fields of corn and soy, but very few trees. Maybe they were hiding somewhere we didn't go. So (for Oldspark and others from IA), where do you get the firewood?
For anyone considering a visit to these areas, it's well worth the trip.