Today was our second of three days of straight roads and open prairie scenery. We left Mitchell, South Dakota and followed Interstate 90 due East. It was fairly warm for most of the trip but thankfully cooled off as we got into Minnesota. We saw lots of produce growing in the fields along the way, including corn, soybeans, and sunflowers.
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| East and a Little Bit North |
The roads were pretty rough through the east of SD and even into MN, but not yet as bad as parts of Montana. We are glad we are hitting these bumpy roads at 55 mph and not 80 mph.
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| Rough Road Today - Like Speed Bumps! |
We are looking forward to getting to St. Ignace in Michigan where we will be staying for six nights, so we don't have to pack up each morning and drive every day to a new campsite. We have shifted our sleep cycle to rise at 8:30 and on the road by 10 am. We forget how big the USA really is, until you travel to get into Maine and New England. And, we will be saving 500 miles going into Canada to Ottawa, then Vermont, rather than drive south around the Great Lakes to New England.
We did travel through some tall grass prairies along the trip and stopped at a rest area where with interpretive signs that shared of the restoration occurring in six mid-west states. The sign told us that the roots of many of these grasses go down into the soil fifteen feet. We saw signs for Laura Ingalls Wilder's cabin in SD, so Pamela read aloud the Wikipedia life of Laura Ingalls Wilder to Neil as we drove through the miles of prairie. We had forgotten the books do cover her life in Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and eventually Missouri where she and Alonzo Wilder lived much of their married life. For those who don't know, she had written a farm column for a paper decades, before trying her hand at book writing to help them through the Great Depression. Her daughter Rose, an accomplished author, helped her complete the series and get them published.
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| Tall Grass Prairie |
When we got to the campground at Camp Faribo, Neil found out that there was an electric adapter that he did not have, imagine that! We needed a male 50 amp plug to a 30 amp female receptacle, like the one below. We ere able to borrow one to get the AC working (it was 84 at 1700) and water hooked up. When we went for a grocery run to town, we discovered the BIG Walmart in Faribault and found the adapter there, so we are more prepared for future camping sites. We will probably never need it again.
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| Adapter that We Needed |
We did drive through downtown Faribault, Minnesota to do some shopping, but decided not to visit the Cheese Cave as there will be more opportunities in Wisconsin. did view some lovely century plus old homes and churches, which have begun to have the tall narrow steeples you see in New England. All is going well and we are having a good time.
Neil's hand is beginning to heal and he now just has a BIG band-aide over the web of his thumb and forefinger. He can still drive, type and do most things. He does put on a nitrile glove for some things, like showers, hooking up and unhooking the RV. We did not get the Minnesota map on today, so tomorrow will be a two state day. Thanks for listening,
Neil and Pamela
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