A nice day, so Jack and I decided to venture beyond the casino walls. Drove to Montevideo MN where there stands a beautiful statue of the man who won Uruguay's independence - Jose Artigas. Sent to the town from the citizens of Montevideo, Uruguay. It's a very old little town with about 2000-3000 population so Jose sticks out like a sore thumb. We wanted to go to Chippewa Village which includes pioneer buildings collected as a museum. It closed on Labor Day and everything else in town was also closed. Really, only one gas station open. The sign on the JC Penney's next to the statue said it is closed on Saturday and Sunday. Some cute shops and a couple restaurants, but oh well.
We drove a few miles back to Granite Falls which is only 3 miles from the casino. Everything here closed as well except the gas station. Totally dead, no one on streets. Kind of spooky. Their museum also closed but sounded interesting -- deepest, biggest granite formations, fossils, etc. They must have blue laws or something in this part of MN. We did see the dam and falls. Developed in the 1920's to generate electricity.
Not much luck with slots but Jack is going to try his on the Texas Hold 'Em tournament later.
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