Travleogue: Day 1

The first day was one of the longest, driving-wise.  We tried to find a balance between "drive like hell to get to your destination" and "the journey IS the destination." We wanted to do a lot of fun, different things along the way, but Wyoming, Idaho and Colorado were our main goals.

We crossed over the Mississippi River, which wasn't all that impressive that far north, but it was notable. We also saw a lot of wind farms in Minnesota, which Jeff & I both found interesting, and wondered why there weren't more of them throughout the country. Later on the trip, I realized that there are some negative attitudes toward wind farms, but I'm still not sure why. I'm going to do some research to see what I can find out.

Our first stop in Rochester MN included our first hiccup. Lauren wanted to wear her sweater slippers in the car, which was no problem, but obviously she couldn't wear them beyond that. Guess what? She didn't bring any other shoes. I'm pretty sure I told her to pack sneakers, but did I check? Nope. So we went to Old Navy and got her a pair of cheapo canvas sneakers (she still owes us the $12 for them) and they've held up pretty well. Next time I'll give her a packing list so she can just check stuff off.

Happy burger eatin' girl!

That taken care of, we hit Fat Willy's for dinner, which was really good! It's a retro automotive themed burger place, and those burgers were great. Sarah now wants me to try making pizza burgers, which I think I can do.