The plan was to leave home about 9 am so as to miss the rush hour traffic, drive about an hour south, then stop for breakfast. All went as planned.
We left home at 9:09 am; close enough to call it on time.
Our GPS gave us a route we would not have thought of ourselves which was wide open. We would have been caught in traffic without it.
We stopped at Cracker Barrel in Lakeville, MN, for breakfast and were thrilled to find a low carb section on their menu. We both order scrambled eggs with bacon and sliced tomato. I gave Dave two slices of my bacon in exchange for his two slices of tomato. Then I melted a little butter onto my eggs to help make up for the calories I gave away. The server brought us toast we hadn’t ordered but we had her take it right away again so I wouldn’t be tempted to eat it. Yay me. So, we were pretty good. Except for our beverages but we won’t talks about those, OK?
Today’s stupid sighting: an open bed pickup truck with a spoiler on the top of it’s tailgate.
Today’s amusing sighting: “Mock ‘n’ Roll Trucking”. And another trucking company called “Smooth Operators, Inc”.
We drove through a front just north of Ames, Iowa, thus getting some of the 20% precipitation predicted for the area today. Fortunately, we didn’t have a buggy windshield so the wipers worked fine. We didn’t get enough rain to clean the car, though.
The temperature inside our car dropped, too. But that may have been because we lost our solar heat. Today that’s a good thing.
Jeri said I’m talking too much about food so I’m not going to tell you what we had for lunch. Yeah, right. That’s why I am not going to tell you. It has nothing to do with the choices we made. Right?
It was almost 8 pm when we pulled into the motel we chose for tonight. For us, that’s a very long day of driving. And we haven’t had supper yet. I wonder what choices we will make about that?
Too hot. Too tired. Going to bed.
TTYL,
Linda
That GPS is selling itself. If you don’t mind, please blog about it once in awhile. OR send me a quick email and let me know how it is doing. Sounds like a good one.
haha … I really wonder about the differences between my GPS and that one. I guess unless we know the routes we can’t compare. Glad you’re on the way and having a good time together. That’s what really counts. Sure wish we had a Cracker Barrel out here … but we don’t. Be safe on your journey.
Jim loves Cracker Barrel. Costs me a whole lot more than a campground when we camp at them. Have a wonderful trip south and hopefully the weather cooperates with you.