Have you ever been to Hibbing? Not too remarkable a place but a sort of pleasant Minnesota town supported almost entirely by the Messabi Iron Ore pit. I was there several times as a kid and got a big kick out of the pit and all that equipment.

Now a legitimate question might be, "Why would you have been there a few times as a kid?" It was because my Dad had a WWII buddy there and they had been through a lot in the war and stayed pretty closely in touch in the years after. They had a daughter about my age and we'd visit back and forth. Just think.....I was in Hibbing while Dylan was growing up and running away from the place.

Rather than run away, we liked to circle around Lake Superior and come down at the Soo. One year, we just went to the Soo and the UP for vacation and I had my 9th birthday at the Locks and going across the new Mackinac Bridge. Years later I found out the Edmund Fitzgerald was launched on that day as well. Ties together huh? Yeah, well..............

Hibbing and reasoning go together don't they? They seem to be lost on the thread though........just trying to help...........



Spaw