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).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agate Fossil Bed National Monument

 We visited the Agate Fossil beds in western Nebraska where 20 million years ago a relative of the beaver dug corkscrew shaped burrows.  These burrows later filled in with volcanic ash and sand which fossilized.

 

 

 

 

 

Leaving Lincoln Nebraska

Today we are leaving Lincoln Nebraska, heading (circuitously) to Minneapolis.

Here is the latest map of our travels to date.  You can click on the map if you want more details.  Be patient though, it may load slowly.