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Let's ride - Day 2

With the relief of our car being intact, we headed out early, crossing into Illinois on 1-80 then Iowa. Connor made a game of spotting state license plates and we passed such things as signs for the birthplace of Ronald Reagan in Tampico IL and the Hoover (vacuum king) historical museum in Iowa (no desire to stop at anything though!!).

We did stop for lunch in the picturesque small town of Grinnell, Iowa, with its historic downtown and population of 9,000, 50s diner and old tyme gas station.



Our resting place for the night was the Highland Court Motel in Fairmont, Minnesota, with tiny but quaint room and a most beautiful lake setting. We headed out for a lovely stroll around the lake and then enjoyed an evening meal at the single Chinese buffet in town.


Lake trail

Picturesque bridge

We checked out early the following morning and I went to the front desk to get ice. I was greeted by a 7-year-old girl who informed me that "daddy was still slaping", filled my cooler ice bag with three cubes and bid me good day!!


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