Day 3 ~ Where will it be?

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Freedom: Utah vs. Louisiana
We'll be busy as bees in the Beehive State. Salt Lake City is really the best place to fly into and we could trek up the mountain to see my old stomping ground Park City and it is beautiful there. If Louisiana wins, then the only place I can even dream of is New Orleans! Here come the saints, bom, bom, bom, bom. Sing it with me. Here come the saints

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Independence: Washington vs. Michigan
Both are Northern states. One on the West Coast. One in the mid West. When you say Washington, all I can think of is Seattle! Space Needle. Pikes Market. Lots of yummy, fresh seafood. When you say Michigan, I think Detroit. When you say Detroit, I think cars. When you say cars, I think I want a new one. Who's going to win this round?

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Liberty: West Virginia vs. Minnesota
I've got music stuck in my head today... right now I hear John Denver singing, "West Virginia, Mountain Momma, take me home, country roads..." Thank goodness you don't have to HEAR ME singing that! Whew. And for Minnesota... no. Wait. No. I don't have a song for Minnesota but we could go to Minneapolis! Where do you want to go?

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Voting will be from 7:00 am to 6:00 am (CST) tomorrow.

Let's wrap up the week. Today is comment day!

This week we visited:

On the Prairie Deck:
Illinois where we can eat world famous pizza and dogs. And if we're lucking enough we could even visit the world famous Struble Suds.



On the Rushmore Deck:
South Dakota where we can visit Mt. Rushmore and all it's marvel. And who knew Dairy Queen's went so far north. I used to work at Dairy Queen but not in the store. I was in the corporate office. No soft serve for me!



On the Lake Deck:
Minnesota where I didn't mention the Mall of America. Tera discovered Chipolte Burritos in Minnesota. Katie's been to Mall of America when she was 10 and loved the Lego center. I still love Lego's! And, in recent news Minnesota is where Obama sealed his candidacy.



On the Flight Deck:
North Carolina where Anonymous brought to light Duke University and they lived in Wilmington, a great beach town.



On the Saguaro Cactus Deck:
Arizona where same Anonymous went to Arizona State University where they have great memories. Thanks for sharing them! And, I went down memory lane with the Grand Canyon, Four Corners National Monument, and Petrified Forest which I have little to no memory of actually seeing. :)

What do you do now?

If you are a resident of any of the above mentioned states read on.

Do you see the word comment just below this text? It may have the number zero in front of it. If we're lucky, it will have the number 59 in front of it. Move your little mouse down there and click and enter your comment on the next page and tell us what makes your state the Taste of USA!

Welcome to the Land of 10,000 Lakes

I'm starting to really like finding the nicknames that are given to states. Minnesota has a bunch of them. One of them in the title. Others are The North Star State, the Bread and Butter State, The Wheat State, New England of the West and finally, The Gopher State. Minnesotans were having it out between the gopher and the beaver and a political cartoon featuring the gopher circulated throughout the area and the beaver was history.

Now, where are we going to start on our tour? Okay- this is the coolest part of the Travel to Minnesota website: My Favorite Minnesota. It's videos and pictures posted to the site about their favorite spots. It is so cool!

It looks like this is going to be an adventure, camp like vacation. The state boasts hiking, camping, fishing, hunting and that's just the beginning. It sounds like a guys dream vacation! Somebody tell me where the mall is? Just kidding. Kind of.

You know I love festivals and this weekend in Minneapolis is Famous Dave's BBQ & Blues Festival. BBQ and music. My favorite. In Nisswa this weekend you can go to the Nisswa Stamman Scandinavian Festival. And just for variety, go over to Luverne for the Buffalo Days. I did a search for this summer events and festivals and surely you can find something for you because it returned 829 events. I love you but I am not going through them all!

Okay football fans. I have some bad new for Minnesota Viking fans. The Vikings have been to the Super Bowl 4 times. And, they never won. But, hey, I love purple!

I'm pretty sure you'll find me in the Twin Cities on my Minnesota vacation. Minneapolis and St. Paul are the metro areas that feature the theater, orchestra and lots of museums. One of the more popular museums is the Minnesota Children's Museum for ages 6 months through 10 year olds can experience everything hands on.

Fun Fact for Minnesota are: the pink and white lady slipper is the state flower and the state bird is the common loon.

All Minnesotans meet on the Lake Deck on Friday, June 6th to tell us what makes Minnesota the Taste of USA!