My Stupid Vacation to Fargo, ND
When Laura and I moved from Colorado, back to Minnesota, in June 2018, I told her there was one vacation that I really wanted to take. "I want to go to Fargo!" Of course that statement was met with a bemused look. "Okay... Why?" Growing up, both sides of my parents family were based in a 25 mile stretch, between Hawley, MN and Fargo, ND. When my family would drive up this way, to visit their family, we drove highway 10 from Coon Rapids, all the way to our destination. Which would be in whatever town we stopped at in that area. So what I really wanted to do once we got back to Minnesota was drive that same highway 10 route from Coon Rapids to Fargo. Stopping in every town along the way, to check out how it's changed from what I remember, 35-40 years ago. Stopping by all the tourist traps to giggle at all the Minnesota souvenirs! Most importantly, I want pictures of as much of everything I can take. For the sake of creating a base to write out all of these sto