After another good night's sleep (traveling all day=sleeping like a rock at night), I headed back to downtown Minneapolis for lunch. I had a fantastic pot roast sandwich at The Local, then drove south to see the monument to commercialism that is the Mall of America. I really just wanted to see it and move along, but I did get a quick photo of the famed roller coaster.
And with that it was back onto I-94 to Bismarck with a stop in, yes, Fargo. Taking a suggestion from Newport, I stopped at the Roger Maris Museum, conveniently housed in the West Acres Shopping Mall. As ridiculous as a museum in a mall is, it was a pretty neat shrine, complete with some seats from Yankee Stadium pre-renovation.
I enjoyed a lovely dinner in the food court before getting back on the highway and heading due west to Bismarck. And I mean due west. As in, I barely moved the steering wheel for 200 miles. This stretch also marked the first appearance of a 75 MPH speed limit zone. And now that I have a car that can actually go that fast (how did I drive that station wagon to New Mexico, and without cruise control no less?), it makes for some easy driving.
Tomorrow marks one of the portions of the trip I've been excited about since the beginning - the Black Hills of South Dakota. If all goes as planned, I should see both the Badlands National Park and Mt. Rushmore. Tomorrow also marks the point in the trip when I'm not sure how reliable my Internet options will be. So if you don't hear from me tomorrow, don't worry, I'm just out communing with nature.
4 comments:
bobby-o, you're leaving out a crucial element in this blog/trip description.
how do you occupy yourself on the road? are cd's lined up all over the back seat? are we catching bits and peices of ball games on the road? books on tape?
do tell...give us what we really want, after all, you are blogging for us/me.
No coaster ride? Boooo.
And cruise control is for weenies.
William Least Heat-Moon meets Ken Kesey meets Jack Kerouac. Travels with Bobby is my favorite travelblogue!!!!
While you are in that part of the country, my collection of state quarters needs Montana, Washington, Idaho.
I'm enjoying brushing up on my geography with your trip!! As you know, it's needed!!
Be safe and keep in touch!
(You know me)
Love, Mom
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