Minnesota

Year of First Visit – 1979
Point of Entry – I-90 near LaCrosse

So far, I’ve been to Minnesota exactly once, and it was when I was 9 years old.

I remember it having a stunning entry as we crossed the Mississippi from Wisconsin. We were caravanning to Iowa to take my brother to start college there. I think that’s the stop where I got to get out of the family’s Ford and into the bucket seats of my brother’s Chevette. We drove into the sunset then stayed in a motel there that night.

It wasn’t long after we got up the next morning that we were in Iowa. That’s the sum total of my Minnesota memories.