Minnesota Quick Trip & Barenaked Ladies

One of Jim's camps this summer (more on those later) was Camp Pillsbury, which is a fine arts camp in Minnesota. 

I had never been to Minnesota before - so Jim & I both added a new state! Sam & I drove possibly the most boring 6-hour stretch in all of the Midwest from Columbia up to Owatonna to get him. We did get to stop in Kirksville & see Grim Hall, where we met. It's no longer a dorm, but the building's still standing/in use somehow. The porch swing was gone, though. 

We had lunch at Bellacino's and it was exactly the same as I remembered. 

We stopped in Pella, Iowa & walked around & got German letters (the pastry) & took a picture in front of this windmill: 

There was a buffalo at a gas station/rest area: 

Unrelated to the quick trip, but related to selfies of us, Sam & I went down to Camdenton to see the Barenaked Ladies - such a cool outdoor venue. I had a $13 beer. 

There were open seats closer to the stage so we got to move up. This was probably the result to a pricing problem/miscalculation on vendor’s part - the cheaper back seats all sold out - the blue ones were still available two days before the show:

Guster & Fastball were the openers.