Eventually we were back on the Interstate heading across Minnesota when we saw a billboard noting something about a giant Jolly Green Giant statue in a town called Blue Earth. Everyone agreed whatever this was it sounded like something that we had to see. After some research once were were back home, we learned that the statue was built in 1978 to commemorate the linking of the east and west sections of I-90 which took place in Blue Earth, also home to a large Green Giant food company packaging plant. Apparently many travelers stopping during previous years had been asking about where they could see the giant, so they built one!
Not far down the road we experienced another tornado warning on our weather radio and saw some pretty interesting clouds and even some local tornado spotters watching the sky. We also noted that a local gas station was selling some kind of drink called a "Tornado" for a super low price whenever there was an active alert, so apparently not something uncommon. At LaCrosse we turned south and followed the Mississippi River for a bit as the storm was headed to the north. We made camped for the night in another Army Corp of Engineers campground called Blackhawk Park in DeSoto, Wisconsin. There Corp has many campground along the Mississippi and we found both that we stayed at to be really well built and perfect for an easy one-night stop. Had a great dinner at a local restaurant and spotted the cool vintage trailer in the photo above at a nearby park with permanent sites, the shape looks like a Spartan but it seemed smaller than others that I've seen.
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