The highlights: We went a few miles on the Enchanted Highway. Gary Greff has put enormous metal sculptures every few mile for maybe 30 miles down this road. We thought about heading south to see all of them, but a quick check of the map revealed a that there are no bridges for about 50-100 miles over the Missouri River and that's a longer detour than we wanted to take. It is kinda crazy the state is divided in half. Your neighbors across the river can be 3+ hours away by car. That's just weird. In any case, here's a sculpture near I-94.
The fields were soaking wet -- a little bit of corn had been planted(maybe 2-4 inches tall), but most of them were still just dirt. While we did see some fields, the majority of the land was cow pasture. However, there was not a prohibition against all non-black cows. We saw some Red Angus and some Herefords and even a few Holsteins as we got into Minnesota. It should be noted the world's largest Holstein, Sue resides near Bismark and is a statue advertising a bank. We missed the photo.
We also missed photos of the Long-Tailed Weasel and the Yellow-Headed Blackbirds, our wildlife spotting. We pretty much decided by this point White Tailed Deer don't count as wildlife.
It was gray and rainy through much of the trip.
Denise got to drive through the rain. She also got to drive through the dip in the interstate -- Eastbound traffic was narrowed to one lane as water lapped over the other. Westbound traffic was also down to one lane, but they got their tires wet.
Catherine took over driving as we neared the Twin Cities. We stopped in Plymouth to pick up Chinese food en route to Eden Prairie, where Catherine's friends from graduate school Jonathon (who went by Jon in grad school and Catherine cannot convert) and Niki Galownia live with their 3 month old PC (Pork Chop, aka Jeremy) and two Bengal Cats (Cody and Kira) and one normal cat (Edgar).
We had a lovely family-style Chinese meal and Catherine and Niki stayed up until all hours talking. Somehow, we didn't bring the camera in, so sadly no pictures :-(. Denise was very impressed by the Bengals athleticism -- she's glad she doesn't have cats that strong and smart in her house. Edgar is part Maine-Coon like Chester and possess approximately the same number of brain cells. Denise missed her Chester. Catherine was further terrified by the thought of having an incredibly cute little being living in her house. Especially one that doesn't seem to think sleep is a mission-critical function.
Jon and Niki's house is gorgeous -- and they've obviously done a ton of work. The orchids are amazing (especially in MN) and the diverse hardwood floors are really cool. Maybe one day Catherine will grow up and buy a house, but free rent is soooo nice...
Thanks to the Galownias for having us on short notice!
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