Alexa's Elixir

Alexa is mixing an elixir using good deeds she collects from people and distributes the kindness as birdhouses.

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Alexa in Detroit Lakes, MN

 

Alexa's Elixir

 

Alex reaching through a portal to Fargo, ND

 

Alexa reaching through a portal to Detroit Lakes, MN

 

Alexa reaching through a portal to Perham, MN

 

Rebecca reads Alexa's book of elixirs

 

Alexa is kind but if she accidentally steps on your foot, it will hurt

 

Minnesota

 After Louisiana (#13), we made it to five more states in quick succession.  Oklahoma (#14), Kansas (#15), Nebraska (#16), South Dakota (#17) and Minnesota (#18).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trains

 In our travels over the past two years we have camped near a lot of train tracks. This spot at the fairgrounds in Sioux Falls is definitely the closest we have been though.  Luckily it is just a spur track.

 

The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota

"I've been all around this great big world

And I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather go to

Than the biggest ball of twine in Minnesota"

--Wierd Al Yankovic

 

 

 

 

 

 

Darwin, Minnesota

   

Weird "Al"ley, hahaha

 

The ball of twine is cool, but the pliers carved out of a single piece of wood is really impressive.

 

Geographic Center of the US*

*not including Alaska, Hawaii and US territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam. 

We reached the middle.  Just north of the town of Lebanon, Kansas is a triangular patch of land that marks the geometric centroid of the 48 contiguous United States. 

  

 

 

One way to find a centroid is to cut the shape out of a uniform flat material like plywood, then hang it from two different position and draw a vertical line from each.  The intersection of the two lines is the centroid. (Wikipedia)