#29 / Home Stretch
Hello from Wabasha, Minnesota!
We are at the tail end of our week-long trip to the Minnesota Northwoods. This town is actually in the southwestern part of the state; we are on the way home now and wanted to break up the drive. Wabasha seems like a nice town, but we couldn’t get anything to eat after 9 PM on a Sunday because everything is closed (even places with posted hours that are later than that).
I’ll probably mix in some photos and trip recap over the next few weeks, because it would be a lot to do all at once. The main thing is: holy crap everything is gorgeous up there right now. A few people told us that this is the most colorful fall they’ve had in several years. That could be true; it could also be that we’re all looking for some good news, and we need things like brilliant fall colors more than ever.
I think I’ll actually whet your appetite with a few of our favorite shots from the full week.
Reading
On the trip, I finished most of the second volume in N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy and forged ahead to the third and final book. On the whole the second book wasn’t as compelling as the first, but it really picked things up toward the end and set the table well for the last one, which I’ll probably get through quickly. A series of this quality is a rare thing. I’m not even sure which genre(s) it fits in: fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, maybe.
Mood
A sampling from our road trip playlist:
Belle & Sebastian
Beulah
The Brunettes
Built to Spill
Leonard Cohen
The Decemberists
The Fiery Furnaces
Foo Fighters
Har Mar Superstar
Joy Division
MGMT
Modest Mouse
The National
Phantom Planet
Tegan and Sara
Neil Young
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Love,
Aaron