About three weeks ago the snow started to really melt, the air was a bit warmer, and since the weather matched so perfectly to one of my favorite road trips ever, I started to reminisce. (That tells you a bit about how nice it has been, since the weather was exactly like our '08 spring road trip on the second weekend of March, but we took the trip on the first weekend of April!)
We called it Big and Ugly (or Weird MN). It was inspired by a coffee table book called Weird Minnesota that I received when I moved into my house in Brainerd. During that same time, my job took me through every small town in northern MN and I soon became curious about every huge statue these small towns had. After doing some online researching, I convinced my sisters that we should take a weekend and conduct a road trip entirely within the boarders of our own state. Our destination would be as many strange statues as we could fit into 72 hours. We made it to 52 cities and traveled over 1700 miles. There wasn't much sleeping (due to being up early and staying up late to drive...) but there was a lot of listening to music, watching DVDs on the computer, talking, laughing, and picture taking. We saw some AMAZING Big and Ugly statues. Here are a few of my favorites:
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Let's be honest, I could post about 40 more pictures, but I'll stop.
Ahhhh. I love MN. I love road trips. I love weather that makes me reminisce.
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2 comments:
Haha, those pics are sooooo great! Love them. :) Can't wait to see you soon and hear that great laugh of yours. :) Love, Karly
That's awesome... and shows just how much ground you covered! I noticed Eitchen's mouse & cheese wheel- we love that place! :)
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