Monday morning we set out west on I-70 and found ourselves in Independence, MO, home of Harry Truman. We decided to spend a few hours at the Truman Presidential Library and it was time well spent. Good exhibits brought the history to life and lunch near the old courthouse was delicious.
Drove across the state to Kansas City, MO and it first appeared from a hilltop vantage point and looked like the Emerald City in Oz, except that it wasn't green. Very pretty anyway and we drove on to the Kansas side just to say we'e been there and then headed north on I-29. Drove through Council Bluffs, Iowa and saw Omaha, Nebraska across the way. We followed the Lewis & Clark trail and spent the night at a Walmart in Sioux City, Iowa.
Today is Tuesday and we want to wish a Happy Birthday to Rick Glazer! We continued driving north and took a break to visit Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is a charming old town with impressive waterfalls and a gorgeous park surrounding the falls. Best of all we found a great little diner and had a super lunch. The town has lots of sculptures along the streets and we saw a bronze replica of Michaelangelo's David and almost thought we were back in Florence. They also have huge stockyards which we passed and luckily the animals were all gone for today.
Tonight we arrived in Fargo, North Dakota and visited the Roger Maris museum. Those of you who know me well know that Maris is one of my personal heroes and his uniform number 9 is my lucky number. I think I loved him because my Dad had such a hatred for the Yankees. Anyway Jeff and I paid homage at this shrine and both can't believe that Maris has not been inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame. The Yanks never retired his number either. Shame on them! We are staying at a campground north of Fargo in Hillsboro, ND. When we checked in they gave us a plastic fly swatter. Not a good sign, but no mosquito bites yet.
And back to those songs from The Music Man - the town of Fargo is named for Wells Fargo as the pony express was so important to the development of the area.
Tomorrow we cross into Canada and visit Winnipeg where I hope to do some genealogical research.
Good night.
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