Thank you for all of our thoughtful suggestions for things we should bring and when we should start heading north. Many of the items that you have suggested will be packed in our sleds and loaded onto the truck this afternoon.
With your help we have decided to leave at 5 AM tomorrow morning. Originally we had planned to leave around 10 AM, but so many students suggested that we leave earlier so we are taking your advice and leaving before dawn tomorrow. Needless to say we are all very excited to head north.
With such a long drive ahead of us we need to figure out how we should break up the drive. Can you help us come up with a schedule for how often we should stop to let the dogs and the people stretch their legs? We also need to figure out a fair way to break up the driving. How often should we switch drivers? Can you use a website like mapquest to help us figure out how long it will take us to drive from Ely, MN to Thompson, MB and help us find some cities along the way where we can stop and take breaks?
Thanks for all your help and advice!
Dave and the rest of the team.
With your help we have decided to leave at 5 AM tomorrow morning. Originally we had planned to leave around 10 AM, but so many students suggested that we leave earlier so we are taking your advice and leaving before dawn tomorrow. Needless to say we are all very excited to head north.
With such a long drive ahead of us we need to figure out how we should break up the drive. Can you help us come up with a schedule for how often we should stop to let the dogs and the people stretch their legs? We also need to figure out a fair way to break up the driving. How often should we switch drivers? Can you use a website like mapquest to help us figure out how long it will take us to drive from Ely, MN to Thompson, MB and help us find some cities along the way where we can stop and take breaks?
Thanks for all your help and advice!
Dave and the rest of the team.
From Ely, MN to Thompson, MB... i used mapquest and found out this..
Total Estimated Time: 16 hours 10 minutes Total Estimated Distance: 909.53 miles
I would say you should stop every hour and a half or so to let the dogs stretch and whatnot. GoodLuck![:
We had a look at mapquest.com and we think you should stop about every two hours. Your first stop might be Hibbing, then Bagley, Grand Forks, a nice long stop in Winnipeg, Eriksdale, then Grand Rapids and finally you will be in Thompson, MB. Have a very good trip!
We are so happy because our suggestion was the closet to your departure!