Recounting my most recent trip out West, installment #1

...two weeks earlier on a Saturday Super J. and I got a late start out of Chicago ...

stopped overnight at a B+B near the Dells of Wisconsin had breakfast and a look around. Seems as though they have more water parks than anywhere...

Leaving Wisconsin we headed to the University of Minnesota’s Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art where I first encountered Frank Gehry's stainless facade several years ago(Super J. has never visited). I always enjoy the atmosphere at the Weisman. We enjoyed lunch in Dinkytown at the Loring Pasta Bar seated at a sidewalk table as near as possible to the corner crosswalk great for people watching. Afterward we stopped across the street to The Purple Onion Cafe for some coffee, tea and local artwork.

Back on the road heading for Fargo...