The first full day of the 3rd Annual Kennedy-Ward Center-Sectional Tour was busy:

We started out wandering around downtown Bemidji, where we had spent the previous night. Paul and Babe are from Bemidji, dontcha know.

Then we went to Itasca State Park and walked across the headwaters of the Mississippi. This was a strange little travel milestone for me — I've now been to both ends of the Mississippi.

Then we went to the Judy Garland Museum in her hometown, Grand Rapids, MN. No ruby slippers, since they were stolen a couple of years ago, but it’s still marvelous. I’ll upload more photos from there later.

Today we’re headed across the Upper Peninsula and then tomorrow we’ll land in Detroit, just in time for Computers and Writing.