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Bloomington, Minnesota - 889.6 miles

Conventional wisdom has it that NAFTA traffic has made Interstate 35, a major north-south route (Laredo to Duluth), utterly impassable for mere car traffic. Maybe it's even true sometimes. But today, the shot straight up I-35 from Kansas City to Minneapolis-St. Paul was quiet — so quiet, in fact, that my two children took turns falling asleep while I took my turn with what traffic there was.

And better yet, it's not so darn hot up here. I actually had to back off the car's A/C from the maximum.

Northern Iowa and southern Minnesota seem to be all of a piece, and a peaceful piece it is. I could see spending a lot of time up here during months which have no R in them. My daughter seems fond of the place, though she really says she wants to live in Nova Scotia. Overall, the Twin Cities are not easy to navigate first time out, but it's a nice place to get lost. I'm starting to appreciate some of the finer points brought out by Lileks in his Bleats.

To Bonnie at Famous Dave's: Will you marry me? (Sorry, that just slipped out.)

And I apologize for the lateness of this entry: I had some minor difficulties getting the Wi-Fi connection at the hotel up to speed.

Posted at 10:00 PM to World Tour '03


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