Tuesday November 27th
Cathey let me sleep until I woke up on my own, which didn’t happen until 7:20, so it’s my fault that we got a late start today. First stop was a nearby Shopko to pick up some of the items that we discovered missing from our travel kit. Got on the road about 9:30. I forgot about Don Piper’s scenic route (along the Root River) west from La Crosse and regret it. It’s one of those drives that is pleasant but parallels the main road and doesn’t take much extra time.
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| Sunset in South Dakota |
From the view via I-90 in eastern MN, I would say that the farms in MN are less tumbledown than what we see in eastern WI. I think the difference is that the consolidation in the dairy industry has left many old farm buildings falling down. But in MN the focus is more on cash crops so there are more farms still populated by farm families.
Made a lunch/gas stop in Austin. Discovered the smells of money (the Hormel plant in Austin and the sugar beet plant further west); both of which I would prefer to the big dairy complexes near home.
Made it as far as Chamberlain, SD; we could have gone a little farther but motels beyond Chamberlain are iffy. Chamberlain is where I-90 crosses the Missouri River –then the WEST begins!
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