This morning my crazy husband got up at 6am and drove to Michigan. He of course was looking for a cache so we could color in our geo map with another state. After 7 attempts and 2 hours he came home defeated. I guess Michigan wants us to come back another time. (Jimmy we just might get to meet your soul mate yet) One good thing about this little excursion is that he came back with Krispy Kreme donuts for me!
Have I mentioned how much I HATE toll roads! Today alone:
Indiana $3.10 + $1.50
Illinois $3.00 + .80 + .80 +.80 + 1.60 + 1.00
Total= $12.80
Onto Wisconsin, thank heavens!
As we were traveling through Wisconsin in the middle of cows, cornfields and soy beans I decide to give my dad a call.I was telling him that there was nothing here! As I hung up with him, cars started to come toward us in the opposite direction with their lights on. I said to Ed, "isn't this a sign that there is bad weather ahead?" The traffic got slower and slower until they were crawling at about 30 miles an hour. We could not figure out what all these people in the middle of nowhere were doing. Well, a Roadside America attraction that we were planning on stopping to see, the Muir Space Station in Wisconsin Dell, was just up ahead so we got off. WE ARE FROM CA HOW ARE WE SUPPOSE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE HOT SPOT TO VACATION IN THE AREA!" Oh my, a child's dream come true and every parents nightmare! If you are familiar with a hotel by the name of The Great Wolf Lodge (google it) multiply that by at least 50 different competing hotels. We have never seen so many garish signs for hotels, restaurants and attractions in our lives. This place could compete with Vegas. (Yes Teresa you could gamble there) By the way all those people were on their way home from the Labor day holiday.
Dad, we found the perfect car for you today!
After driving through this place, a mirage I think, we never did find the Mir Space Station. (What were we thinking? the Mir Space Station in the middle of Wisconsin!) I guess we were just desperate to see anything but corn fields, cows and soy beans. We got back on the road to Minnesota. (4 more hours)(ugh)Tomorrow I get to shop my heart out at the Great Mall of America!
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