Go Midwest Young Man, Go Midwest, April, 2007

George Wright Society Awards Dinner, St. Paul, MN, former VP Walter "Fritz" Mondale is made an honorary National Park Ranger, presented by NPS Director Mary Bomar, Pres. Abby Miller - GWS, and Regional Director - Mid West. VP Mondale poses with the North American directors of National Park Systems from USA, Mexico and Canada. Go to right column, LINKs and choose My Photo Albums to see from the GWS 2007 Conference.

Minneapolis waterfront.







Live performance of Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keiller from the Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN. A totally wonderful experience, far exceeding previous movie or PBS showings. A bunch of folks from the George Wright Society conference flew in early or stayed over to attend and experience PHC.











Traveled south along the Miss. River Scenic Route through Iowa, crossing over into Wisconsin at Marquette, IO.. Then after visiting cousins in Milwaukee and Madison, WI, I drove onto Rt. 35 through south central Ohio, east of Columbus, stopping at Hopewell Culture National Historic Park to visit and learn more about the Indian mounds and Chillocothe. Then onto West Virginia and home.




My trip out took me through the bedbasket of America, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin - hundreds of miles of farm and dairy land. A wonderful experience and reexposure to the farming cultural landscape and associated vernacular variety of architecture.