Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado!

That's right, another gargantuan post! Not really, more of just a quick update with a commitment for photos and more dialogue to come.

After spending some time with Bob the cat in Missouri, we headed due north - not due west, which would have put us in Denver - to our friends Michelle, George and James'. They are in Northfield, Minnesota, about 40 miles from the twin cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Somewhat cold, but not the -25 of the previous week, thank goodness - Black Betty (our car) would not have appreciated that after our 4,000 mile journey! Happy times once again with lovely people and a terrific 15 month old called James. We sledded a little bit but mostly just stayed inside reading and letting the little man entertain! We spent most of Monday wandering around Minneapolis and then back for the evening before shoving off Tuesday for Rapid City, South Dakota.

What a nice little town that was. Dennis was skeptical of too much of a tourist trap, but the town was quaint and had some nice charm. Wednesday morning we moved on to spend a little while at Mount Rushmore. Pretty cool in mid-week during the winter, we really had the whole place to ourselves!

We drove the rest of the day through Wyoming (finding the Sierra Trading Post outlet only 100 miles outside of Denver) and landed at our hotel at 7 pm.

We are off to find an apartment - more juicy details later. (Sorry, Iowa natives - we only had time to stop at a Subway in your fair state.)

Dennis and Jen