Crazy Long, and Adventurous, Day

October 3, 2007 7:50pm

Driving…again.

This has had to be the longest day ever. (Or since I was driving across the country…from AZ to IL) Anyway, no I’m driving (again) from Illinois, through Wisconsin, to Minnesota. New Prague, to be exact. We are going to be staying on Cedar Lake, in a fairly nice house. It’s going to be amazing, once we get there of course. For now, I’m ready to be done. We’ve been driving from about noon today, not straight though…this is our day:

12:00pm – We finally left the house. We left about an hour later than we wanted to, but we didn’t really have that choice as my dad had to work all morning.

12:45 – We stopped for lunch at the ‘Oasis’ on the freeway. I love Panda! (That was actually the same place that we got ourselves lost at when we went to the football game)

2:00 – We stopped at the Jelly Belly factory! We walked in, received our Jelly Belly hats and were hurried along through the ‘Jelly Bean hallway’ to the train that was waiting. The tour was somewhat boring, all it talked about was how much sugar they use everyday. (I don’t remember how much, but it was some extreme number.) So, we got our free jelly beans, and were escorted to (where else) the gift shop! Haha, so, we wandered around, and walked out with 45 dollars worth of jelly beans. J That was a happy thing! Hehe

4:00 – We went to an indoor rest stop. Haha, I don’t know why I find that so fascinating, but, we don’t have indoor rest stops in AZ or CA, cause it never gets cold enough. J We played football for a few minutes and then got back in the car…

That was also the same place that we realized we had taken the wrong route and we were going up towards the cities instead of where we were supposed to be. Soo, we turned ourselves around and then turned off onto a more scenic route that led us through the way cute town of Black River Falls. It was about an hour out of our way…but I think that it was worth it. J

7:30 – We finally got dinner!! Rushing through Wendy’s, we got chicken nuggets and salads and frosties and waters…and we got back in the car again. J

And now…we are in St. Charles, MN, about an hour and 10 minutes away from where we are going! I guess the day hasn’t been that terrible, just long. Annd, this week is going to be pretty exciting! With water skiing, the Mall of America…and, the Science Museum, I’m way happy for it!!

Well, that’s all!!

More later…and I’ll post pictures too!

<3!