LaCrosse Wisconsin visit

[Tryg Helseth]

On Tue, 22 Feb 1994 09:46:57 +0100, Mattias Hallin wrote:

>MY UPCOMING AMERICAN SOJOURN:
>
>                             will probably also take me to LaCrosse, Wisconsin,
>where we have been invited to play another festival approx. August 5th through
>8th or soething like that. What is there to know about LaCrosse, WI??? I have
>to confess I never heard of it before? Hey, you yanks! Know anything?

Mattias:

LaCrosse WI is getting dangerously close to where I live in Minneapolis, 
MN.  It is about 145 miles (230 km) south east of here, and I have visited 
it many times.   

LaCross has a population of about 50,000 and is a college town.  Many 
German settlers found there home there and so LaCross has become famous for 
their annual Oktoberfest celebrations.  It borders the Mississippi river 
(with very scenic bluffs) and is on the edge of the "driftless zone", an 
area untouched by glaciers.  If you like bicycling, there are several 
scenic routes nearby, the most famous being the tunnel-ridge trail that 
runs between Sparta and Elroy, WI.  If you have any specific questions 
about the area, drop me a note and I can check it out for you.

Tryg Helseth  <trygve at maroon.tc.umn.edu>   Minneapolis, MN, USA
          or  <tryg.helseth at tstation.mn.org>

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