We woke up this morning with not much of a plan and decided to head east to Minnesota. Once we arrived, we decided we might as well keep going and see Minneapolis and St. Paul too. Once we got to the Twin Cities, we decided that since we we're so close, we might as well press on and head into Wisconsin and check another state off the list.
Side note: Beau and I are cooperatively and competitively trying to go to all 50 states. So far I’m winning the competition 37 states to Beau’s 30. On the cooperative side of it, on this trip alone, we will have seen at least 17 states. (Some we’ve both already seen before, but 17 in one trip is a big accomplishment.)
Anyway, back to today. We stopped first at Pipestone National Monument. I never realized pipes were such an integral part of our nation’s history, but apparently both Minnesota and our US government think so. Here we saw that the Indians began making pipes years before anyone else had ever heard of them. Soon after, settlers and traders began using, making, and trading them, and thus became quite the unhealthy and yet historical American tradition.
Next was the drive through Minnesota to get to Minneapolis. I have to be honest, we’ve started running out of things to do/read/listen to in the car to keep us entertained. Therefore, we decided to have some fun by throwing bagels out the window today. Did I really say bagels? Yes. You see, two weeks ago we packed down our car with enough provisions to last throughout the trip. Of course we overestimated how much food we would need. This morning I discovered that the 4 bagels had left were stale. Nobody likes a stale bagel, so let the fun begin. After a couple of distance and accuracy tries each, we were quickly out of bagels. While it was short lived, it was a fun activity for the Coopers and a yummy snack for some lucky animals. Quite the win-win.
Next, was our stop at the Twin Cities. We saw the Metrodome (The Vikings Field), the Twins new baseball stadium, as well as many of the downtown areas. We then took a short detour into Wisconsin. While in Wisconsin, we decided we had to have some form of dairy product. I had some Coldstone ice cream and Beau had a Frappuccino from Starbucks. We can confirm that they have correctly nicknamed their state “America’s Dairyland”. It was some of the best ice cream I’ve ever had.
The next definite stop is Conway, Arkansas to visit the Hambricks’ for a couple of days. On the way there, who knows?
Since we didn't have too many things to take pictures of today, I'll throw in a couple of randoms, including the worlds largest prarie dog statue.
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