Just some things I didn't get to in the last post.
If you are ever in Pipestone or I-90 in western MN, it's worth the side trip here just to eat at Lange's Cafe. What a menu & selection of baked goods – pie to die for.
It's funny how different things become just crossing a state border. The road maintenance changes of course – SD had better shoulders but MN does a much better job on the cracks — and so far, NO CHIP SEAL!! ;). Anyway, Chris & I both independently observed that MN is much neater (in the clean & tidy sense) than SD by far.
And much more populous. I won't be lacking somewhere to stop (I hope I'm not speaking prematurely).
There's a national park here at a quarry of soft red stone which the Indians carved into pipes & traded all over the country. I did a quick tour just to see what it's all about. Also, every August you can come here for the annual Hiawatha pagent, where they put the play "Song of Hiawatha" on.
Well, Chris is leaving today – after brunch he's heading west to catch a plane & I'm going east. ;( I spent a good part of the morning packing things to send back & getting only the essentials in the BOB.
I hope to be at the Hanlon's tomorrow.