Plans for the summer? in Secrets from myself

First here's Dylan:

Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”

Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on”

God say, “No.” Abe say, “What?”

God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but

The next time you see me comin’ you better run”

Well Abe says, “Where do you want this killin’ done?”

God says, “Out on Highway 61”

Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose

Welfare Department they wouldn’t give him no clothes

He asked poor Howard where can I go

Howard said there’s only one place I know

Sam said tell me quick man I got to run

Ol’ Howard just pointed with his gun

And said that way down on Highway 61

Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King

I got forty red, white and blue shoestrings

And a thousand telephones that don’t ring

Do you know where I can get rid of these things

And Louie the King said let me think for a minute son

And he said yes I think it can be easily done

Just take everything down to Highway 61

Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night

Told the first father that things weren’t right

My complexion she said is much too white

He said come here and step into the light, he says hmm you’re right

Let me tell the second mother this has been done

But the second mother was with the seventh son

And they were both out on Highway 61

Now the rovin’ gambler he was very bored

He was tryin’ to create a next world war

He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor

He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before

But yes I think it can be very easily done

We’ll just put some bleachers out in the sun

And have it on Highway 61

Highway 61 starts in Hibbing MN, Dylan's hometown and crosses the Mississippi on the older of the two blue bridges at LaCrosse. I've posted photos of the highway sign.

Next comes this website: http://www.minnpost.com/environment/2014/01/mississippi-s-importance-msp-doesnt-stop-it-flows-south

Here's a list of what's good from that website.

• Sailing on Lake Pepin.
• Exploring river islands and backchannels by kayak, canoe or houseboat.
• Trout fishing in Mississippi tributaries.
• Hiking the near-mountainous bluffs along the river.
• Biking the bucolic Great River Trail between LaCrosse and Winona.
• Birding and strolling in the gorgeous Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, which preserves 261 miles of wild nature between Wabasha, Minn., and Rock Island, Ill.
• One-of-a-kind art galleries, artisans’ studios, wineries, locavore eateries, brewpubs, historic inns, B&Bs in old mansions, vintage stores, supper clubs and cozy cafés up and down the river. *The rich scenery seen out the window of an Amtrak train, over the railing on a boat ride, through the windshield of your car or from the seat of a bicycle rolling on the Mississippi River Trail.
• Lake Pepin, the widest spot on the river surrounded by towering bluffs, which deserves to be known as the Midwestern equivalent of Switzerland’s fabled Lake Constance.
• The gloriously unspoiled feel of many parts of the river, which might trick you into thinking the boaters in the distance are actually Native Americans gliding in a canoe.
• Friday night fish fries in amiable riverfront taverns.
• The Fenelon Place Elevator in Dubuque, one of the last funiculars in the U.S., which runs from downtown to a blufftop neighborhood on what is claimed to be the shortest and steepest railroad in the world.
• The National Eagle Center in Wabasha.
• The Smithsonian-affiliated National Mississippi River Museum in Dubuque (Shangri-la for river lovers).
• The jaw-dropping Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona featuring Monet, Cezanne, Renoir, Matisse, Turner, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Picasso, Winslow Homer and other masterpieces in its collection.
• The awe-inspiring; engineering and scale of the lock-and-dams.
• The childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder (whose fans may outnumber Mark Twain’s).
• Effigy Mounds National Monument, near Marquette, Iowa, which preserves intact more than 200 mounds built by native peoples 800-1800 years ago.
• Skirting the sheer cliffs on Highway 35 above Lake Pepin near Maiden Rock and Stockholm, Wis.
• Charming communities like Frontenac, Minn.; Stockholm, Wis.; Fountain City, Wis.; and McGregor, Iowa, which feel like Old World villages.
• The major league Great River Shakespeare Festival, Minnesota Beethoven Festival and Frozen River Documentary Film Festival in Winona.
• The tiny ferryboat that plies a lovely stretch of river between Cassville, Wis., and Millville, Iowa.
• Couples promenading arm-in-arm along the riverwalk in LaCrosse.
• The famous Walnut burgers at the Trempealeau Hotel in Trempealeau, Wis. (which looks like something out of Norman Rockwell, and still rents rooms).
• The birthplace of water skiing (Lake City).
• The National Brewery Museum in tiny Potosi, Wis. (you’ll stay much longer than you expected, not counting time in the taproom).
• Sachsen Halle tavern in Brownsville, Minn., which looks straight out of a German folk tale.
• The river-rat haven of Harper’s Ferry, Iowa, where trailers far outnumber houses, and you see almost as many golf carts on the streets as cars.

The River Museum in Dubuque is not to be missed. There are actually two facilities there and both are tremendous. They are right next to a casino for those who like other pursuits. If I recall correctly there are some larger than like abstract horse sculptures out side the Casino hotel.

The Great River Road on the west side of the river from McGregor to the Minnesota border is one of the most spectacular vistas in the midwest. Someone with a camera better than mine needs to do it justice. The picnic site at Frontenac in the fall is also spectacular. And let's not forget the swan migration in November. There is great antiquing and "booking" in the river towns.

And here's a little piece of my river between seasons.