Be Jealous...

Last week when I drove back from Minneapolis, I did something that I've always wanted to do and I bet that some of you have wanted to do it to.

I went to Poniatowski!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the significance of that, I'll explain. When you drive west on the highway to Minneapolis, there is a sign a ways out of town that says "Geographical Marker, 4 miles" with an arrow pointing north. Everytime we drive past, I think, we need to go there. But we're usually in a hurry, so we never do.

So last Friday, I did. What an adventure! For starters, it is NOT four miles straight north, which is what I envisioned. No, you wind around on little county roads. I would never have found it without the directional signs pointing out "Geographical marker→".

And here's what I found:

On the way, I drove through the hamlet of Poniatowski, unincorporated, where I saw this sign.

It reminded me of smiling because you are in Amarylis.

Unfortunately, on the way back to the highway, there are no directional signs. So I got lost, but figured that if I went west and south, I would eventually hit the highway. And I was right. But in the meantime, I got to enjoy scenic tours of the villages of Rib Falls, population 907, and Little Chicago, also unincorporated.