No spiced ham can stay us from our quest. Then, oddly, we stopped in Blue Earth, MN at a Texaco, and happened to see a towering figure standing behind the gas station. No, it s the Jolly Green Giant. By turning our disloyal carnivorous backs on the home of SPAM, we encounter the King of Vegetables. Picture taking abounds.
Many pictures are blurry because of swarms of mosquitoes going for our blood.
Oddly, this complaint is the first Lewis and Clark reference. In their journals from the area of travel in what is now Minnesota, they vituperate aggressively about the blood-sucking devil insects. However, you are your own friend if you pack insect repellent. We did not. Thus, blurred pictures.