Thursday was a very long day. 11 hours of driving to Bloomingdale. We got in late and I crashed (after playing with Maria a bit)
Thursday we got up and had breakfast at the hotel. This was the first night we stayed in a chain motel the whole trip. When we got out to the car, a plane appeared to be buzzing the parking lot.
The scenery was corn fields, rolling hills and wind turbines. Made me think we were in Benton county, but we had a long way to go.
We stopped for lunch in the same town as the Spam museum, so we did a drive by shot.
I was amazed at how much the traffic picked up the farther east we got. Even Minnesota was fairly sparse, but Wisconsin was crowded and it just got worse as the day progressed. We had gotten used to empty highways in Wyoming and South Dakota.
Lots of RVs on the road the whole trip. I was surprised at the number of older (1980's and 1990's and earlier) motor homes I saw. You could tell because of the graphics, colors and shapes, but it was close to 50-50. We also saw a lot of fifth wheels and trailers, some truck campers and a fair number of pop up campers. And lots of motor cycles. We still think our choice is a fifth wheel.
We also ran into a lot of foreigners. There was a German family on our float trip. This was their second trip over to see national parks. I know I heard some Scandinavian sounding language and Slavic and one of the last restaurants had a French group. If there were people around, pretty soon you heard a different language. I think it's great that they want to see our country.
So far, Leigh's car has survived the trip. Only one more leg to go.
Friday -
We visit with Natasha, Olga and Maria. Here's pics.
Tomorrow night I blog from home.
