mia_mcdavid and I are in Albert Lea (southern Minnesota, near the Iowa border) with colgaffneyis for the Big Island History Faire, an off-season event to promote the October Rendezvous. No camping this time–we are all “Ramada Rangers” (actually at at Holiday Inn in our case).

The drive down was OK. We had dinner and are settled in for the night. The actual event starts at 9 AM tomorrow.

Even here, in very outstate Minnesota, this Holiday Inn has wi-fi, and it is free.