Minnesota

Hello everyone! This is Elijah - my first post of the trip. I used to think that the Pittsford Wegmans was a big deal, then we went to the third largest Whole Foods in the world last night in Chicago. I was overwhelmed by the wine and cheese bar, people carrying glasses of beer around the store, and the fantastic gelato. We left Chicago around 9:00 am Central time, and made it out of the city in great time. The longest part of our drive today was through Wisconsin. There are sooooo many farms - HUGE farms - throughout the state. We got of I-90 and to find a farm to sell us some Wisconsin yellow cheddar. Come to find out, a farming state doesn't have many farm stands. Apparently everyone can make their own cheese. Finally we found a cheese store and treated ourselves to a small block of 5 year aged cheddar. We ate a couple slices of that cheddar sitting on the banks of the beginnings of the Mississippi River just over the Minnesota border. And so brings us to the land of 10,000 lakes. We've successfully completed the Rochester to Chicago to Rochester experience. On the way to Rochester, Minnesota, I think I saw a moose. It could have also been a bear, or just a cow. That is still up for discussion. We walked around Rochester, grabbed some dinner, and watched a guy on a bike kick a car passing by. It was just like being home again. Now we're at our motel about half an hour north of Rochester and watching the spelling bee. Tomorrow, on to South Dakota!


okay this is Laura now, I just wanted to post a picture of my purchase today at the cheese store. It made my day.