Tuesday, June 20th 2023

Starting Mileage: 3530, distance travelled: 525

Today we drove 525 miles through three states and saw quite a few cool things on the way. There was no state line sign entering Illinois but we did catch a shot of the Chicago skyline and Guaranteed Rate Field (home of the White Sox). We are finally west of the Mississippi River!

172 miles in we stopped at the worlds largest Culver’s for lunch and had some of their signature frozen custard before heading out again and driving another 253 miles to a secret surprise.

SPAM MUSEUM!!

This was the funniest surprise ever and it contained the entire history of Spam.

After our little adventure through spam land we visited a veterans memorial down the street in Austin, MN. We drove another 100 miles to Jackson, MN, ate dinner at Kat’s Hog Heaven, and stayed the night at a KOA campground. David is still testing positive so Laura continues to be relegated to her under-the-bed sleeping quarters. Let’s just say the novelty has worn off after 4 nights…but she’s been a trooper.

We’ve been listening to musicians from the states we are driving through. On our way through Minnesota, David rocked out to some classic Dylan.