Friday, June 18, 2010

6/14 - 6/17

6/14
We finally got out of Adventureland RV park around noon on Monday. We were having problems with our electrical so Dave had to fix that before we could leave. On our way to Eagan, MN we saw a sign for the Spam Museum, so we went a little out of our way to stop and see it. This time on our travels we are not rushing and if we see something that catches our eye then we are going to stop and see it. We got to the Spam Museum at 4:30pm and it closed at 5 so we didn't have a lot of time to see the whole thing. We did the walk through and then purchased some Garlic spam. We got to the Wal*Mart in Eagan and set up camp. Since we got in so late, for us, we ended up eating out at a place called Old Chicago, what a great restaurant. We shared Italian Nacho's and a pizza, great food.
6/15
Tuesday we drove the RV over to Ikea, across the street from Mall of America, they had parking for RV's and trucks. We then walked the MOA for the next 3 hours. I know people say it can take a day or more to get through the whole place but Dave and I aren't shoppers so we just walked and checked everything out. Lots of rides there but a bit costly, to much for us anyway. While there we saw a Casino shop offering all kinds of things, plus, they had an RV park. We decided to stay another couple days so we headed over to the Casino.
6/16
The weather was nice so we decided to go to the Valleyfair amusement park in Shakopee, MN. Wanted to see what it was like to go to a amusement park without it raining. :) They had just about the same rides that Adventureland did plus a lot more. Some of those rides are just crazy, their water park is up and running too. I just heard that the rain is still coming down in Altoona, Iowa and now the farmers are worried about flooding, thank goodness we left there. I don't know when Adventureland will ever finishing putting in their water park.
Dave went up and brought the amusement park tickets and had gotten 2 seniors for 15.99 each. MOA was going to cost us about 85 for both of us, no thank you.
6/17
The drive from Shakopee, MN. to Sioux Falls, SD was a short drive, 4 hrs., but winds the whole time. Dave looked like he was constantly making a left turn. We got set-up in another Wal*Mart then headed out to visit the falls. They have been having so much rain, the week before, that the falls looked so dirty from all of the run off. All the lakes we kept seeing along the drives have been very full. I feel for the farmers out here in SD. too even their fields are under water.

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