Quote Originally Posted by nodepositneeded View Post
Honestly, this trip (like every other I take) makes me realize that there truly is no better place than home (Minnesota). I mean that too!

Denver is the only other place that I could picture myself living, and that's only because it's very similar in many ways to MN.
I learned that same lesson years ago NDN. I travel to 42 states and I love Minnesota, Colorado, Northern California, Hawaii and Oregon. The rest of the states
are not very, shall we say hospitable in some way or another. I have been robbed, beat up, thrown in jail and just plain scared for my life.
Home Sweet Home. Glad you made it home in one piece.

I would guess you were given a ticket for speeding, then they found and old emply and you then arrested over night till you could see the judge.
You paid the fine and went to Bluffs, were you got so drunk trying to shake off the bad memory of being in jail. You must of said something wrong cause 2 Indians beat the crap out of you and you lost a tooth and broke your arm.
The hospital wouldn't except your insurance from another state, so you had to use your credit card to pay the $3,749 bill before you could leave.
As you were leaving the state, you got pulled over again and were given another ticket by the same cop. He said the words that will haunt you forever "Thanks for visiting Iowa, You all come back soon".