Today we crossed the Mississippi River and are officially in the eastern half of the country again. Our last day in the west was another day of driving on Hwy 14 through rural Minnesota. As nice as the countryside is, the many construction detours we had to take today started to wear on us. We happily said hello to Wisconsin and everything got better. The roads got smoother; Minnesota still has the worst roads in the country. The countryside became wooded hills, which was nice after 2 ½ days of looking at corn.
On our drive today we did enjoy several more small towns in Minnesota; one New Ulm was founded by German immigrants. You can see the homeland influence all over town, from the neat residential homes to the German architecture of the downtown buildings. All these small rural towns somehow reaffirm our faith in America; somehow the world out here doesn’t seem as crazy.
As is normal for our travels we usually have no reservations or even a campground picked as a destination at the end of each day. If a check of our discount program books has no match for our area, we just pick an exit that has a camping symbol and go check it out. Today’s search found us on the Fort McCoy Army Base near Sparta, Wisconsin. Seems they’ve changed the rules and the public is now welcome at military base campgrounds. We’re paying a higher rate than active duty or retired military personnel but it’s just for one night.
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