Cross Country Tour 2K11: The Corn Palace and a Fellow GE Intern: Tuesday, July 12, 2011

This morning I visited the world's only corn palace. This has put Mitchell, SD on the map. It was actually pretty neat. Each year this building (or palace) is covered in different murals of corn. They grow 12 different colors in separate fields so the colors don't mix. They have been doing this since 1892. It is pretty incredible what they can do with some corn.

After leaving the corn palace, it was on to the open road. I drove through all of Minnesota and just about all of Wisconsin. The driving conditions were good. The skies were overcast in Minnesota (with no rain) so that was great. I arrived at Cody and Anna's place around 10 PM. Cody was a fellow intern at GE back in Dayton. In fact, he was originally picked for my position but another department needed someone immediately so Steve let him go. A few weeks later I was hired. He recently graduated and has now accepted a full time position with GE Healthcare in Wisconsin. Anyway, the three of us stayed up later than we should have talking and catching up considering the fact that Cody had a 7 AM meeting to attend. Luckily he could dial in remotely from his place.

Mileage: Starting 78,730 & Ending 79,287= 557 miles
Stayed at Cody's (Waukesha, Wisconsin)
States Visited: South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin

THE corn palace. A few interesting things to note: There are several murals here. There is a scale and eagle on the left, the three images in the center of the picture, and another one to the right. The words 'American Pride' are spelled in corn. There are also workers removing some decorations and they have the garbage truck there simply for the old decorations.