The 10,000 Adventures of Minnesota Dan series

Join a true Minnesota kid who loves adventure and the outdoor life. In America, Here I Come: Exploring How to Be My Best Me, Book 14 in the series, Dan decides to take a gap year from college and drive to fifteen American national parks in search of new adventures. He plans for his best friend, Beth, and Rusty, his golden retriever, to go along. The friends are excited: there are so many places to see, people to meet, and lessons to be learned. This is the story of his preparation for the trip. While working as a waiter and a short-order cook to build a sufficient budget for the journey, Dan picks up cues on how to handle different personalities. Later he lives and works at a meditation center in Wisconsin, where he has some profound spiritual-growth experiences. In anticipation of traveling far from home in a renovated old camper-truck, Dan and Beth look forward to visiting some of the most enchanting natural environments in America. This book, the fourteenth in The 10,000 Adventures of Minnesota Dan series, is dedicated to Adelaide and Stella Buonincontro of Mahtomedi, Minnesota. As Carrie Bagwell writes: "Sisters touch your heart in ways no other could. Sisters share ... their hopes, their fears, their love, everything they have. Real friendship springs from their special bond."