I flew into Minneapolis, drove to Racine & the next day headed to Viola Wisconsin.
The addition of Wisconsin brings my state total up to 7 ~count'em 7~ big ones. Oh yeah. I am flying through this country. At this rate I may hit 10 states before I die ;)
It is so beautiful there.
Green, green & more green.
And you can't swing a dead cat with out hitting a gorgeous, fabulous old barn. (Altho why one would want to swing a dead cat is beyond me. I just figured it was an eastern thang...)
And I got see & TOUCH the Mighty Mississippi. Big deal for this Western girl.
After the farm tour was the urban portion of the trip.
2 days of window shopping & country club gawking & Mall of America walking.
And every night there was a stellar thunder storm with buckets of rain & wind & lightening crashing down.
In California there is NO weather in the summer. It's just hot, hot & more hot. No rain. No storms. Very different from the Mid West.
I may have taken a few pictures while I was there. One or two. Hundred :) I tried to narrow it down.
The farm I stayed at in Racine.
Did y'all know they used to grow hemp (for rope) as a crop in Minnesota? It still grows wild in the windbreaks. So I flew all the way from the Land of the Fruits & Nuts to find wild hemp in the fields of MN.
Pretty Holly Hocks.
The Stupid Loon. The #1 tourist attraction in Racine.
Just a few of the many, many, gorgeous barn photos I took on the way to Wisconsin.
The White Cliffs of Wisconsin.
The M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Look! I'm touching the Mississippi!
Wisconsin welcomed me!
And yet, more barns...
These drove by all day. It was very cool.
The lovely group of ladies I went out to see.
Just waiting...
The uber cool Viking in Westby.
All my urban pics will be for another post.
I had such a great visit that it was almost worth coming home with the flu ;)
My favorite part? The lightening bugs. Magic.
Blessings.
