Day Three

Well, our morning routine worked and so it will be. We departed at 8:08am with K being the first up on the driving rotation since that is her most awake time. Her narcolepsy kicks in during the afternoon and she has a tendency to get drowsy so driving is not good. My meralgia parasthetica kicked in after a couple of hours of driving, so R had the entire afternoon at the wheel. I'll have to make it up to him tomorrow. Today we were traversing Wisconsin and all of Minnesota. Wisconsin's highlight was the view of the headwaters of the Mississippi river from high on a bluff. Simply beautiful.

What was really amazing today, however, were the vast and various wind farms. There were hundreds upon hundreds of 100 feet high wind turbines all across the state of Minnesota. It was just amazing to see mile after mile of these sentries spinning and generating electricity from a renewable energy source. We tried to take some photos, but the white towers against a gray sky didn't show up well. It was cloudy and overcast most of the day with temperatures in the mid-seventies.

We arrived in Sioux Falls, SD at 4:33pm having driven 483 miles. Dinner was at Chili's and again early to bed early to rise gets us to our next destination in time for dinner.