Day 30 - Dayton, Ohio

I had a campus visit scheduled for Friday at Ohio State, but showed up a couple of days early. So I spent Wednesday chilling in the library in Delaware, OH, and returned to do the same on Thursday. While I was there, I took my car to get the oil changed, and discovered that my two front wheels were about to come apart. So I had to stay in town one more night to get the tires fixed (the tires couldn't get there until Friday). That also threw off my schedule for the campus visit, and I was only just able to talk to the professor I was considering working with.

After that, I moved on to Dayton, where some Rolla friends of mine now live. Friday night, there was an airshow and fireworks display at the Air Force museum, and I had the first snow cone I've had in years (which seems to be having a little too much fun in my intestines today). This afternoon, we went to the local art museum, ate dinner, and saw Transformers 2. It was good, but don't go expecting any artistic merit.

Tomorrow, I'll be moving on to the last leg of my roadtrip, back home.

Day 25 - Alma, Wisconsin

So Thursday I visited the Mall of America. Everything was outrageously expensive, but I got some pictures of the Lego displays.


I left Minnesota on Friday, and started heading through Wisconsin and Michigan. I drove across the Mackinac Bridge between the peninsulas (or peninsulae, maybe). There wasn't a lot worth noting, although rural Michigan looks a lot like Missouri. I also saw a crazy bug in the library just a little while ago.

This is what passes for a "scenic overview" in Michigan.

What is this? Some kind of silverfish?