Upper Midwest Trip – Day 2 (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Metro)
Day 2 of the trip involved generally spending time in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the associated metropolitan area. Some photos and thoughts from the day: Minneapolis-St. Paul is one of several...
View ArticleUpper Midwest Trip – Day 3 (Minneapolis, MN to Fargo, ND)
Spent the morning in west Minneapolis and then headed west to Fargo and south to Sisseton, South Dakota. Heavy rains washed out the majority of the afternoon as I returned east along state highways and...
View ArticleUpper Midwest Trip – Day 4 (more Twin Cities, Iowa)
The final day in the Twin Cities involved a spin around the metropolitan area to clinch the remaining Interstates and a dip into Wisconsin. After a few hours at our friends’ apartment that afternoon,...
View ArticleInterstate 35W Bridge Collapse
As much of the country is aware, the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed during the peak traffic hours of August 1, 2007 near downtown Minneapolis. Without any notice, the...
View ArticleWisconsin and friends
I’ve decided to go with this batch of wintry goodness: a November, 2008 trip to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. It was a dark and snowy night… Don’t eat the orange snow. Distant municipal lights...
View ArticleObservations from the road: Chicago to Minneapolis via I-94
The first of a 4,700 mile eight-day tour of the Upper Midwest and Great Plains kicked off from Chicago, taking us north to Milwaukee and west to Madison, Wisconsin Dells, Eau Claire and St. Paul,...
View ArticleObservations from the road: Minneapolis-St. Paul
Day two of our week long travels across the Upper Midwest took us around the Minneapolis and St. Paul area to revisit roads we drove previously in 2007. Several changes were made to area freeways and...
View ArticleObservations from the road: Duluth, Superior
Concluding our run around Minneapolis St-Paul, we met up with long time contributor and administrator of the Facebook Page Minnesconsin Highways, Patrick Lilja. Pat accompanied us northward from Mounds...
View ArticleObservations from the road: Minnesota-Wisconsin Loop
Continuing our week-long travels through the Upper Midwest, day three consisted of a loop from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area south on Interstate 35 to Albert Lea, across I-90 to La Crosse and Portage,...
View ArticleObservations from the road: Minneapolis to the Canadian Border and Fargo
Day four saw the end of our sojourn to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area as it was time to move onward to our next destinations. On this day we traveled along I-94 to Fargo, North Dakota where we hooked up...
View ArticleUpper Midwest Trip – Day 2 (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Metro)
Day 2 of the trip involved generally spending time in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the associated metropolitan area. Some photos and thoughts from the day: Ramp meters on the ramp from Minnesota 100...
View ArticleUpper Midwest Trip – Day 3 (Minneapolis, MN to Fargo, ND)
Spent the morning in west Minneapolis and then headed west to Fargo and south to Sisseton, South Dakota. Heavy rains washed out the majority of the afternoon as I returned east along state highways and...
View ArticleUpper Midwest Trip – Day 4 (more Twin Cities, Iowa)
The final day in the Twin Cities involved a spin around the metropolitan area to clinch the remaining Interstates and a dip into Wisconsin. After a few hours at our friends' apartment that afternoon,...
View ArticleInterstate 35W Bridge Collapse
As much of the country is aware, the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed during the peak traffic hours of August 1, 2007 near downtown Minneapolis. Without any notice, the...
View ArticleWisconsin and friends
I’ve decided to go with this batch of wintry goodness: a November, 2008 trip to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. It was a dark and snowy night… Don’t eat the orange snow. Distant municipal lights...
View ArticleObservations from the road: Chicago to Minneapolis via I-94
The first of a 4,700 mile eight-day tour of the Upper Midwest and Great Plains kicked off from Chicago, taking us north to Milwaukee and west to Madison, Wisconsin Dells, Eau Claire and St. Paul,...
View ArticleObservations from the road: Minneapolis-St. Paul
Day two of our week long travels across the Upper Midwest took us around the Minneapolis and St. Paul area to revisit roads we drove previously in 2007. Several changes were made to area freeways and...
View ArticleObservations from the road: Duluth, Superior
Concluding our run around Minneapolis St-Paul, we met up with long time contributor and administrator of the Facebook Page Minnesconsin Highways, Patrick Lilja. Pat accompanied us northward from Mounds...
View ArticleObservations from the road: Minnesota-Wisconsin Loop
Continuing our week-long travels through the Upper Midwest, day three consisted of a loop from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area south on Interstate 35 to Albert Lea, across I-90 to La Crosse and Portage,...
View ArticleObservations from the road: Minneapolis to the Canadian Border and Fargo
Day four saw the end of our sojourn to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area as it was time to move onward to our next destinations. On this day we traveled along I-94 to Fargo, North Dakota where we hooked up...
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