Perpetual Ruminations

Wednesday

It's just about 10:00 a.m. and I wanted to get this started before I leave. It's been a great start tot the day, slept in (for me 8:00 is late anymore), had a nice breakfast, and now it's time to hit the road. I don't know when I will get back, so I wanted to get something entered in before I leave.

I am bringing the computer with, but I don't know if I will have any internet access where we are going. Actually, I don't even know where we are going yet. I have an idea what direction I want to go, and what I want to do for the day, but where is still a mystery. It's been a long time since we have gone anyplace for fun, so the main idea is to get away from everything and have a fun day.

So,in sticking to the idea, I've been thinking about what to do and where to do it. I know Rhonda enjoys a surprise, so I didn't want to plan anything out with her. Being kind of spontaneous, I also wanted to not plan anything out with me. Even so, I need some idea of what to do, so I know where to go.

I had a couple of ideas brewing in my head when I seen a Facebook post by a friend of mine in Minnesota; the trees there are in full fall color. Here, the corn and beans are in full fall colors, but there just aren't many trees. So, I got this idea to go visit northern Minnesota and see the trees. It should be a beautiful drive, and we will have the chance to see the full range of change as we progress along. In looking at foliage reports from the Minnesota DNR, I see we will start with just light fall changes and advance to full fall colors as we drive north.

That's the plan, to go to northern Minnesota. The route so far is to go north from here, then cut across by Sica Hollow and see the colors there. We will then cross over into western Minnesota and then eventually turn north again. No real idea where we will end up, or even what exact route we will take, except to Sica Hollow.

If I get someplace with WiFi, I will likely log something just to have it in here, but depending on time and what and where we are, I might not get back in here today. In fact, we are taking a little bit of stuff along just in case we stay overnight someplace and return home tomorrow.