It looked like the wind in eastern North Dakota was pretty stiff this morning!
Not long after I entered Minnesota, I started feeling lethargic and depressed... and then I discovered why....
Western Minnesota
So I guess this means the trip is pretty much over, unless anyone wants to hear about my niece's wedding. After that it's a 10-hour drive home through the rest of Minnesota, Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
The Road Can Teach You Things
What did I learn on my trip?
- During the recent flooding in Iowa, I heard it said that this country's corn crop was "ruined." That may be true for the riverside farmers in Iowa, but not true of the whole state. There's L O T S of corn out there!
- It's really unfair when, after you leave a place, they go in behind you and change all the stuff you remember. And it's inevitable.
- No matter how hard life is kicking you, it's always kicking someone else harder. It's just rare that you meet one of them.
- The tap water in Themiddleoffuckingnowhere SUCKS! ...or so I was warned...
-There's a real prime idiot who drives a white Buick in Minnesota who, thanks to my quick reaction -- at 60 mph, no less -- is not having to breathe with the aid of a machine!
- There is no reason one should not try to see this country up close and at ground level at least once in a lifetime. None.
