Moving - Day 3

We're now in Minneapolis (hi, Paul). You're probably wondering what happened to days 1 and 2? Well, because they were just going through various parts of the country that we've seen before, there wasn't much worth reporting. To recap quickly - the Eastern cities were as usual, Chicago was not as bad as we remembered, and it rained just a little bit yesterday. Today, though, we entered parts of the United States that we'd not previously visited, and it was wonderful.

Wisconsin is very pretty. At least the part of it that we drove through (along I-90/39/94 through Madison, and over through Eau Claire to the Minnesota state line). We had a brief lunch stop in Wisconsin Dells, which looks like a place where we might want to visit further at some point. You might well ask, "Was there a farmer in the Dell?" :-)

The view of the Black River Valley was not great - it was hazy, and storms were coming. We hit some driving rain for about an hour, but we've had much worse on previous trips around the country.  We found a gas station that specifically mentioned "no ethanol." True story - we paid less per gallon for that fuel than others, and we got significantly better gas mileage. On the "ecomony" car, it went from 33.2 to 35.7 MPG. On the "gas-guzzling SUV," it went from 22.1 to 24.2.  Interesting, no?

So, we stopped for tonight in Minneapolis-St. Paul (actually on the St. Paul side).  We were told that we should visit Mall of America (http://www.mallofamerica.com/), which is a very large mall and amusement park, all under roof so that people can enjoy it regardless of the weather. I don't know if we'll have enough time to really visit, but we hope to spend a few hours there tomorrow before continuing on our journey. From what we've seen so far of the Twin Cities, it looks like a place to spend more time later. I'll try to provide more details tomorrow or Sunday.

That's the update for now. More to come.

Posted at 08:19PM Jun 01, 2007 by jcinfoblog in General  |  Comments[1]