Saturday, April 26, 2014
We already mentioned some of North Dakota, but near Rugby ND is the Geographical center of North America.
6 pm we stopped at the Minnesota Travel Stop. Little playground, pet area, nice bathrooms, info, etc.
Holiday feels like no other holiday we've been on ~ we're in a different country! Everyone is very relaxed, there is no turning back now...let's have some fun!
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| Watch out Minnesota ~ here come the Thiessens! |
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| Well, we thought of the Blue Goose Cattle Co. manager when we saw this. |
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| The Stamart finds! Adapter for our electronics and Uncle Si cups! |
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| Yup, y'all can buy you a sword too |
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| Funyuns! Mei ended up buying a small pack of these near the end of our trip ~ there were no onions in them. Flavoring yes. Gross, yes. Sorry Sheri, they were not quite our idea of "FUN" |
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| Now that was shocking! |
Mei found this little toy gun in the discount bin with our Si mugs. She held it and then pulled the trigger to see what it would do....well...it shocks! Really shocks! It is also a lighter. We don't think it is supposed to shock, but that was a nice little side effect. It was great fun passing it around to all the family members and laughing at their pained expressions. (Yes, we did go back on the way home and purchase this lighter! We gave it to my folks and have had more fun laughing at many relatives as they fling it into the air, jump, scream, drop their water, etc when it shocks them!)
The Travel Stops are all very nice. This one had a little playground that we had fun remembering how much fun we used to have on these ~ guess the girls have grown a little!
There was also a pet area...which seems very normal for the travel stops along the way.
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| Showing green and a few pansies already end of April |
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| Getting our exercise in while we can |
Gregg has a workout routine he does that includes doing sets of push ups. So as Gregg was finishing 1 set of push ups, a man walked by and went into the washrooms. Gregg finished that set... took a break. Gregg started in on another set and the same man walked out of the washroom. The look of shock and disbelief on his face was priceless the girls said. The man must have assumed that Gregg was doing push ups the
whole time. He looked very impressed!
Stopped at Albany MN to fill up at a Shell and there was a Subway and a Chicken place. Kate got them to make her a salad at Subway for $5 and we got 1/2 price chicken bucket for $13.
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| Girls with their Orbit Gum for Kids and Kids Toothpaste from the hotel manager. |
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| Found a Family Fresh Grocery down the road |
Gregg also had the opportunity to apologize to our hotel manager at the Royal Inn in Hudson, MN. The gentleman was of Indian decent and had an accent that we would associate with them. Well, Gregg has the habit of developing accents. We went up to the room to do our "flashlight-bed bug" check and then Gregg phoned down to tell them that we would take the room. It would have been fine if Gregg hadn't developed the same accent as the manager. The manager was acting confused on the phone and Gregg didn't understand my sign language of "stop talking different!". So Gregg had to go down and apologize to the manager and they had a nice little bonding time and a good laugh. Poor Gregg!
Pouring rain again while we unpacked and hiked our luggage up to the 2nd floor. We spent $75 with the CAA discount. Hudson is just East of Minneapolis.
No one wants to get up, but we'll wake them with the promise of a hot breakfast in the morning!
Through Dunseith, ND, took the #3 hwy to #2 hwy to Grand Forks, ND
#29 and #81 to Fargo
#52/#94 to Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dunseith Fuel $59. Grand Forks Fuel $70 Albany MN Fuel $71
