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Waited for a break in the rain to fire up the flat top and make smash burgers! Yum! 🤤🍔

Nine smash burger patties topped with melting American cheese cooking on an outdoor flat top griddle, green Big Green Egg visible behind it.
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Montgomery Brewing Hop Junkies Pineapple IPA tonight. Very good. Notable pineapple flavor. 🍺

Montgomery Brewing Hop Junkies Pineapple IPA can beside a full pint glass on a white counter, Stevens Brewing glass EST 2012
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Small but very intense storm coming through. Major thunder cracks. ⚡️⛈

Radar map showing intense storm cell over Faribault and Owatonna Minnesota with deep red and orange reflectivity and lightning strike indicators
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Minneapolis Public Schools phased approach to managing COVID-19.

Minneapolis Public Schools 5-phase COVID-19 learning plan from Distance Learning only through Return to Full In-Person Learning
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Mazie’s garden is thriving, and now it has an official placard. She has a real knack for gardening, and seems to enjoy it a lot.

Black metal sign reading Mazies Garden Established 2020 mounted on a wood raised garden bed filled with herbs and vegetables.
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Yellowstone 2020 Index

RV spots: 5

Vehicles rented: 2

Miles driven: 2,721 on the RV

Total cost of gasoline: $774.03

Pictures taken: 1,313

Times dumping tanks: 5

National Parks visited: 3

National Monuments visited: 1

Number of cities visited: 5

Number of fish caught: 4

Number of bears sighted: 1

See the Yellowstone 2020 Collection for all content from this trip.

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This is one of the oddest places I’ve had to deal with a hornets nest. 😬

Rusty cast iron wall bell with a bird figure on top, mounted on gray wood siding beside a yellow door frame, with a hornets nest visible near the bracket.Rusty cast iron bell mounted on a painted wood wall with a hornets nest built around the clapper inside

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Awesome win by MNUFC over San Jose tonight! On to the semifinals against Orlando! ⚽️🙌

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Most terrifying thing about renting the RV? Taking it to the truck wash before returning it and navigating this shockingly small entry! Should have brought a helper. Only a few inches on every side. 😬

Jayco RV trailer backed into a tight brick car wash bay entrance with only inches of clearance on each side.
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Yellowstone Log: Day 13, Thursday

  • Long drive home!
  • Go through Mankato and have pizza at Dino’s Pizzeria!
  • Arrive home 7:00pm. 2 hours to empty out RV, put stuff away, and clean out interior.
  • Return the RV tomorrow morning!