The Mall of America has something for everyone. First, it has a Cinnabon bakery. We started our morning with fresh cinnamon rolls and planned our attack on MofA. Mary wanted to spend time in Nordstrom’s and a few other like stores. I wanted to see what the rides at the indoor amusement were like.
I bought an all day ride wristband. Not that I was going to spend all day riding but know that the 24.95 cost is easily justified after only 5 or 6 rides. In two hours, I was able to do 9 rides including 2 on one roller coaster and 3 on the other.
Mary resisted all temptations that Nordstrom’s offered and we were again heading south on I-35.
The Spam museum is located near the Hormel headquarters in Austin, MN. Yes, there is a museum dedicated to Spam. We learned the history of Spam, various advertising campaigns thru the years, and other assorted Spam facts. A Spam hostess gave out samples of Bacon flavored Spam. Yum…
We continued south on I-35 till we reached the Wal-mart store in Ankeny, IA. It’s oil change time again. While shopping, we picked up wristbands so Mary will be assured a copy of the new Harry Potter book at 12:01 Saturday morning. Not that that will be a problem. This Walmart had enough books to give one copy to every citizen of Ankeny and still have books left over.
Today is the final day of our “official trip”. From the start, we said our priority was for places east of the Mississippi and today we crossed back to the west side. It will take us about one week to cover the remaining 1900 mile to reach home. The places we select to stop will be based upon how tired we are verses our desire to click off the remaining miles. Most future stops will be either at Walmart’s or FlyingJ’s.
Our best estimate is that we will arrive home in Redding sometime between the afternoon of Wednesday, July 25th and Friday, July27th. We are trying to decide if we will spend a day or two in the Reno area before driving that last 200-miles home.
