Our "Domed Stadiums of the Upper Midwest" tour starts out humbly, less than 30 miles in, at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.
Domed stadium #2: The Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis
First clinched interstate of the trip: I-394
Northwest corner of the I-494/694 joint beltway leaving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area.
The north end of IA/MN 15 just north of St. Cloud.
Reaching America's roof, highway-wise, getting on US 2 for the first time.
Paul Bunyan and Babe in Bemidji
Lake Bemidji
Bemidji is the end of the first day.
Mississippi Headwaters Visitors Center
"Here 1475 ft above the ocean the mighty Mississippi begins to flow on its winding way 2552 miles to the Gulf of Mexico"
David and I walked across the Mississippi River on those stones.
This tranquil, shallow stream becomes the Father of Waters.
First road culvert across the river
First actual bridge across the Mississippi (MN 200)
Leaving Thief River Falls
On US 59, many miles north of Houston, Texarkana, St. Joseph, Denison, Cherokee, and other places I have touched on this route.
Bilingual signage on MB 59. One can follow "59" from Laredo, Texas, to Victoria Beach on the shore of Lake Winnipeg.
50°0'18" = just past the north side of the Winnipeg beltway, and my northernmost point ever