Four States Today

Our plan today is to make it through Minnesota, South Dakota, the western edge of Iowa and into Nebraska.  Rain to start the trip has to be lucky, just like on your wedding day, right? Good news is, Shadow is doing really good. Turns out she is quite a traveler,  who knew?

So very glad that it is 50 degrees and raining rather than -20 and snowing. As we drive along I am amazed by the state of Minnesota.  I think about all of the things the state has, the rugged wilderness of the the north, the metro hipness of the Twin Cities to this amazing farm land that we are driving through today.  These farms are really awesome.  This state certainly does its part to feed the country.   Large, family farms and livestock operations dot the landscape producing Dairy, Beef, Poultry and Crops.  Makes me proud, yea Minnesota!

I snicker as we cross the border, recalling how unimpressed my grandson was that we were going to South Dakota today.  I get it, Tyler, it is nice but, not Minnesota.  The temperature is approaching 60 as we cross over to a corner of western Iowa.  I notice LeMars listed on the map.  This is where my father was born in September of 1912.  I looked up the history of this town and found this funny story. So back in 1869, John I. Blair, a railroad builder, arrived by train with an enclave of company officials and six 'women'.  When the train stopped, the ladies were asked to suggest a name for the town.  The ladies names were:  Lucy, Elizabeth, Mary, Anna, Rebecca and Sarah.  And so  L  E   M  A  R  S  was born.

What did we do with our time before GOOGLE?   :-)