7/17/2019 – Elmore, MN to Ishpeming, MI
Another goal, another missed deadline…
We had lofty goals of making it to Ishpeming by the end of the day, but other things took priority. Like a wonderful homemade breakfast by Brittany. She was up late texting me to give me instructions and tell us their home was open for us if we needed to come in in the middle of the night. Their oldest kids are close in age to our kids, so we were really looking forward to hanging out the day we planned to arrive. When that didn’t happen, we were thankful they had time for us in the morning. We didn’t arrive until 1:45 am and Christopher left for work a few hours later.
So… we slept in a little then Brittany invited us in for breakfast. She made homemade waffles with strawberries and freshly whipped cream, along with eggs, and sausage. So yummy, and such a great way to start our day. Their house was beautiful and was over 100 years old. After breakfast their kids caught a firefly to show our kids. We had never seen a real firefly before!
Then we headed onward towards Michigan…
But first… we had to make a quick left and drive into Iowa. We wanted to cross another state off of our list of states that we visited on our road trip. Christopher told us it was just a few blocks away and that he has actually walked there from their house, so we had to take the little detour. We passed an American Legion (one of my clients at work) on our way out of Elmore. After we made our quick stop, and turned around, to head back to the freeway we saw him… The Jolly Green Giant! I had no idea that we would get to see him on our trip. But it was another fun little unplanned stop on our trip. After our little visit with him and Little Green Sprout, we headed on to see Christopher at work.
Christopher works at a gas station with… you guessed it… window washers with long handles! So we got to catch up with him for a little before we moved on toward our next destination.
Just a few more stops before we got to Michigan…
You can’t see a huge Bull on the side of the road and not stop and take a picture. This was right outside of Bennett’s Food Center. The kids were always down for any excuse to get out of their seats and walk around. Then a quick stop at Family Dollar because I didn’t pack enough crayons for each child to have their own box…. ha ha ha!
And we couldn’t pass a Hardee’s in Eau Claire, Wisconsin without stopping to grab some food to see if it tastes like Carls Jr like we have back home. They have packets of Horseradish sauce, which I’m totally into these days… as long as they don’t have high fructose corn syrup, which is hard to find. I think I had some kind of garlic sourdough burger and obviously I had to try the garlic cheese fries too…but don’t worry, I took my Block first!
We missed Michigan by an hour…
Tips for Day 7:
- Tip 1: If you are minutes away from another state…. just drive there. Even though we only got to be in the state for a minute or two to make a u-turn in an RV, it was cool to say we visited another state.
- Tip 2: Take the time to stop and see the cool things, even if it means you are going to be a little late. I had to be in Michigan by the next morning for my sister’s Bachelorette Party, so I got a little less sleep, but I was fine. I don’t regret a minute of missed sleep because of all the amazing things we got to see on this trip.
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