Albert Lea, MN

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blog 08-19-17 Albert Lea, MN

Getting out of town today was a little struggle. The dogs were up before 7 ugggg, but it took a while til we were on the road. Both Ginnie and I had really good sleeps despite the train that rumbled through at 5 am with whistles blarring. Alfy was really scared and paced and whined but eventually went back to bed. The train engineer seemed to relish the idea of blowing his whistle at that hour.

We had to drive to the dump station, dump, fill the water holding tank ( 40 gals) then hook up the car. Then it was on to the gas station to fill the tank with 44 gal of gas.

Finally, at 9:45 we were on the road and traveled 315 miles to Albert Lea, MN just north of the Iowa border. We were going to stay at the Walmart but found a campground not far away and are enjoying it lovely cool breezes and quiet atmosphere.

Tomorrow it is on to Lincoln, NE and meet up with Dave and Lisa for some pre-eclipse planning. Getting excited, hope the weather cooperates.

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