Oh yeah, us having arrived in Fargo, ND this evening, you were expecting movie references like “You betcha” or “Mr. Lundegaard? Mr. Lundegaard!” But no, we have reached far deeper into cultural irrelevancy to bring you Fargo North, Decoder. He was the goofy detective on “The Electric Company” a 1970’s PBS show for children who had graduated from Sesame Street. They had lots of puns, like, well, Fargo North, Decoder. There are lots of clips on YouTube.

So this was a very long day; our second longest distance but the most time on the road. It should have been shorter but we lost an hour in a construction zone west of Eau Claire, WI and that put us in rush hour traffic in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Otherwise it was an un-eventful day. The temperature and humidity were oppressive in Madison. Both broke about thirty miles out of town. We covered the whole width of Minnesota on a bit of a diagonal. By the west side of the state things were starting to feel a bit more like west than the mid-west including more grazing animals and speed limits greater than 65! And yes, Minnesota has a LOT of lakes.