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the distance between cars and when there would be a break for
the merging car, the light turns green and the car is released to
blend onto the oncoming traffic. Seems to work very well. Didn’t
see many people jumping the gun and running the lights.
We are in the Day’s Inn in Monticello tonight. The plan is to tour
places in St. Cloud tomorrow. No other farmer interviews planned
for the immediate future.
AROUND SAINT CLOUD
Thursday - It was hot today and humid. Temperatures got into the
mid 80’s. The natives liked to tell us that it really gets hot in
August. But their eyes light up when they tell you how cold it gets
in winter. There is great pride in the fact that they survive the
winters here.
Saint Cloud is a lovely city of 50,000 folks about 60 miles west of
Minneapolis. We’re staying three nights in Monticello – about
halfway in between.
Once again, we’re on the Mississippi River. It seems to be
following us.
Saint Cloud was founded in the mid 1800’s like most every other
city in this part of the country. Another standard feature of all
communities in Wisconsin and Minnesota, no matter what their
size, is the presence of lovely small to huge public parks.
They have manicured lawns, picnic tables, trees, walkways and
whatever other amenities that size allows.
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