About Me: Part 2.2

As I continue to update my my recent life, I owe a note of explanation to my readers. The 2.x episodes are part of a quest to visit the highest places in the 50 US states and DC. Our change of plans took us to the Mississippi River once again.

After visiting Omaha on the River, it was time to head north towards Canada. After we stopped at Harkeye Point, IA, we took a break and visited Aunt Esther and the Minnesota clan. We also visited the headwaters of the Mississippi, which forced a weekend stay in lovely Iron Mountain, MN.

But finally we headed to the pointy end of the state to get as close as we could to the top of the state... Eagle Mountain. 

The trip went well, But when we found out the hike was over three miles on a wet trail, we decided to take some pictures and head south to Wisconson. 

Not claiming sour grapes, but the view from the top was probably obscured by lovely fall leaves. 🍁🍁🍁

Really, check out the view from the lake. 😀

About Me: Part 2.1

Plans change. And, like when driving a manual shift, you occasionally skip a gear. Such is the story of my life I 2017.

Not much change at the homefront, but the changes worked so as to relieve tention here. After much delay, we found it possible to get a friend back home to Nebraska. Not exactly Kansas, but close.

This meant that our planned trip to New England would become a trip west, all the way to the Grand Canyon!  The plans were on the drawing board, but nothing in stone past Omaha.

But packing a guy's life in a Uhaul trailer cut into the budget. I decided that the desert could wait. Less than two hours from Omaha, near the Minnesota line, waited the most unique highpoint of them all--in a soybean field!!

And so, instead of a six hour trip to a muddy cow pasture in southwestern Nebraska, a pleasant ride, with a side trip to Iowa's best overlook, we beat a thunderstorm to Hawkeye Point. The reason this was special was because there on the poles were arrows pointing to all the rest of the high points.

We got plenty of photos before the storm hit. Fortunately, this was very close to the main road. Later in the week, after visiting with most of the Peterson Clan, Minnesota's Eagle Mountain would not be as easy.