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Today we landed in the westernmost point of this trip - Voyageurs National Park - and will explore here tomorrow and then begin our return East. All has gone very well so far, even 
the financing for the purchase of our new lawn tractor. This little number was located in the John Deere HQs in Moline, Il. You might be able to see Janet up there driving it off the lot.
the financing for the purchase of our new lawn tractor. This little number was located in the John Deere HQs in Moline, Il. You might be able to see Janet up there driving it off the lot.On a serious note, while visiting family in Iowa, Janet was able to visit her Dad's birthplace in Buffalo, IA (near Davenport). 
She was also able to see her great grandparent's home nearby and to walk the streets of the small town on the Mississippi and remember many of the town's landmarks she recalled from her last visit there over 20 years ago. It was a beautiful day and a perfect way to add great memories to the trip.
She was also able to see her great grandparent's home nearby and to walk the streets of the small town on the Mississippi and remember many of the town's landmarks she recalled from her last visit there over 20 years ago. It was a beautiful day and a perfect way to add great memories to the trip. We've known that some of the best surprises of our trips are likley to be the most unexpected. In that regard we found Herbert Hoover (UNICEF and Boys Club initiator - oh, and maligned President) and his birthplace in West Branch, IA, and the especially small and almost forgotten Carl Sandburg birthplace in Galesburg, Illinois to be pretty neat places. Two other landmarks in these towns:
Reid's Beans, a great local coffee shop in West Branch Iowa, next to Herbert Hoover's birthplace.
Knox College in Galesburg Illinois - 
site of the 5th of 7 Lincoln-Douglas debates and just a few blocks from the Sandburg home (though separated by a generation and a half).
site of the 5th of 7 Lincoln-Douglas debates and just a few blocks from the Sandburg home (though separated by a generation and a half).And almost as important to the makeup of the American spirit, the Field of Dreams movie ballfield and home in Dyersville, IA. 
As we sped from Iowa to Minnesota, we decided to bypass the Mayo Clinic and the 3M company and head straight for the aerial dance team that performs on the sides of walls.
This occurred in St.Paul, MN in the center of their wonderful downtown. We got only mildy dizzy from watching this - actually we were kind of scared to death. This troupe is amazing.
This brings us to International Falls. To get here, we traveled through several thousand of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes and will try to hit the remaining several thousand before passing through Duluth on our way to WI and MI.
As we sped from Iowa to Minnesota, we decided to bypass the Mayo Clinic and the 3M company and head straight for the aerial dance team that performs on the sides of walls.
This occurred in St.Paul, MN in the center of their wonderful downtown. We got only mildy dizzy from watching this - actually we were kind of scared to death. This troupe is amazing.
This brings us to International Falls. To get here, we traveled through several thousand of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes and will try to hit the remaining several thousand before passing through Duluth on our way to WI and MI.
All for now. Janet and Jim
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