Minneapolis, MN

Night 1 - Westin Minneapolis

I went out for a steak with my buddy Bill, and then we went to a place called “Nye’s” for live music. The ‘live’ music at Nye’s consists of a piano bar with bad Karaoke. On the way back to the hotel, I decide to head back out west instead of driving back to Madison. I share this with Bill, who encourages me to make the drive.

When Bill drops me off at the hotel he casually mentions that I35W is closed until Monday. Since this is the main road out of town, I'm tempted to call the whole thing off, and head back to Madison. Nah, I figure I can ask for directions at the desk when I checkout.

Leaving Minneapolis

I took this picture as I was leaving Minneapolis. I know that MN has nothing to do with Route 66, but a trip has to start somewhere. As it happened, I was in Minneapolis when I decided to do the road trip back to LA (I had a flight back, but that was leaving Madison, WI in 4 days).