Pretrip (Friday the 13th...) We're on our way to our Alaskan Adventure! Tom and Sally came this morning and we loaded the van and went to Sister's Cafe for lunch. We headed west to Iowa where we will pick up the RVs in Forest City. In Waterloo, we went past the Grout Museum and the John Deere Tractor and Engine Museum! We crossed Buddy Holly Dr in Clear Lake and had a moment of silence. Tom and Sally have FL friends in Forest City (pop. 4600) -an amazing coincidence - who welcomed us with libations and snacks! We headed for Bill's, the local super market, to select the perishables that will sustain us for several days. On to the "Winnebago Wonderland"... Quite the place. An army of RVs awaited us with eager and confused travel
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