Shucks!!!

This morning we departed our camp in Waterloo IA and headed north through the Cedar River valley.  The terrain was dominated by rolling farm land with rich black soil and lots of windmills.  We crossed into Minnesota and later turned west onto I-90, the longest highway in America, transversing from Boston to Seattle.  In my opinion it's also the straightest and flattest highways in America as welt, at least the portion in western Minnesota and eastern South Dakota.

Lots of windmills all over the Midwest

A very quaint Iowa rest area

A beautiful day at a South Dakota rest area

We stopped in Mitchell SD and pumped 123.7 gallons of diesel into our 135 gallon tank.  I knew I was low, but I didn't know I was that low.  This was a near world record fill-up for us (once before we pumped 127.4 gallons).  We're still living on the edge!

We visited the Mitchell Corn Palace.  We have been here several times before, but it always a-maize-s me.  The corn palace is a civic auditorium which is decorated each year with murals comprised of ears of corn of different colors.  This year's theme was "Rock of Ages" depicting rock and roll icons.

Dorcas found a friend to talk to who was all ears!

There are murals inside as well as outside

Look what I found on farmersonly.com!

We ate dinner around the corner from the Corn Palace at a sports bar called Overtime.  They had great burgers.  Then we headed across I-90 to Cabela's to spend the night in their parking lot.  I love free camping!  Cabela's is a huge sporting goods store, similar to Bass Pro Shop.  It is very hospitable to the RVing public, with a dedicated RV overnight parking lot, complete with dump station, kennels and a corral.  Free camping at its finest!  We went in the store and bought some trinkets and enjoyed their wildlife exhibits.

Cabela's sells lots of guns and archery stuff.  They love dead animals.

Camp Cabela's

We made 379 miles today.  Not bad but not great.  I want to hurry up and get to Canada; Dorcas wants us to drag our feet a bit. We are compromising with frequent rest breaks and stops at interesting places.

The forecast tonight is for rain and maybe a storm.  Better batten down the hatches.