AG, Revisited

i) Advanced Geography

 - It's in Wisconsin. Oops.

So we went out to Comfort for Lauren's leaving lunch. I ate catfish, blackened Southern-style, for the first time. I also forgot where Milwaukee was; a fact I used to know. 
   I realised then that the lessons/fact-gathering which began in earnest last December had ceased somewhat. Carpenter Hans noted that drinking craft beer could well be considered a lesson in US geography. But still.

The next morning I got to redress the neglected balance thanks to History's How The States Got Their Shapes. Perfect!  
Doug taught me that "Appalachia" is locally pronounced "apple-atcha". No long 'ay'. I taught myself about the Midwest & the Plain States & learnt a few more capital names along the way:

Beautifully drawn.
(I did have to revise Idaho according to the 5cm
(not to scale) part which meets Canadia-land.)

Midwest:  

Minnesota. Wisconsin. Michigan.

Iowa - Illinois - Indiana - Ohio

             Missouri 

        MN. - WI. - MI.  St.Paul and Madison, I knew already.
The capital of Michigan is Lansing; it was Detroit originally - up until 1847.

IA (Des Moines) ~ IL (Springfield) ~ IN (Indianapolis) ~ OH (Columbus)
MO (Jefferson City)

  ....   
1) Iowa = The Music Man. 
2) Chicago is not a capital; Indiana's makes perfect sense.

3) Missouri, Mizou-rah to the locals. 
4) Kansas City is not in Kansas but in MO. (I think that's kind of rude when Oklahoma City is very much in Oklahoma.) (Also the Midwest goes all the way to the North but stops short of the South proper, which seems sort of odd but is, nonetheless.)

Plain States: 

North Dakota. + Minnesota.

South Dakota.  + Iowa. 

Nebraska (NE). + Missouri.

                     Kansas. 

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ii)

 Meanwhile, back in the Park:

Bridges are fun!

last week's azaleas were now in full bloom ...

 

 

 

 




whilst elsewhere the buds were beginning to come through:

 

&  the fountain was On!

Gotta watch out for those wriggly
inchworm-winchworms
whilst walking the Loop!