[Dawntreader]

How far is Mt. Rushmore from us? Isn't it a day's drive? I have never been before...I cold grab a friend and make a road trip out of it over a weekend....

And he MUST see the biggest ball of twine also. Hmm...and Bunyan of course. How about the Mall of America? He could go to Camp Snoopy LOL

What other sites do we have? The beginning of the Mississippi river?

[ecurbh]

Mount Rushmore is a full day's drive from here (630 miles, 8-10 hrs). Maybe there is a buffalo farm on the way, to give him a taste of the Great Plains. And Wall Drug!

I've never been to the ball of twine (although I've heard Weird Al's song about it). Where is it?

I'm planning a trip to the North Shore for the fall color, and can take him to the Duluth shipyards and Gooseberry Falls. How about Minnehaha Falls? And maybe take him a tour of the skyways downtown.

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

I've never been to Mt. Rushmore either (I will someday) but it is about 630 miles from the Twin Cities so probably 10 hours-plus for drive time. A LOOONNNNGGG day's drive.... Wall Drug and the Corn Palace in Mitchell would be on the way for good photo ops.

I don't remember what city that World's biggest Walleye or Northern is in, but that would be a good photo op, too. And don't forget the beautiful North Shore region; from the Duluth area on up...waterfalls, rivers, lighthouses, etc... I think Frodo deserves a Northwoods experience by the shores of Githchee Gumee ;^)