Across America

Spring Break 2011 ~ began Saturday with a 22 hour drive across America!  We left in the rain from Madison and didn't hit "clear" weather until just west of Chicago.  Rain isn't usually an issue, but the windshield wiper had a big one.  Something was very wrong with the arm of the thing and it would wipe (sort of) on the upward sweep and then come off of the windshield and plop back down somewhere near the bottom of the glass.  Not a very effective motion for removing rain.  At one point it got caught in the wind (there's a lot of that traveling at 80 mph)  and I thought it was going to fly clear off the car.  That would have been a nightmare!  But it didn't.  And Mike and Dad got it fixed today so we should be good for all the rainy Ohio-like weather they are having here in Colorado.

I also saw a great sign traveling through Iowa (I think it was Iowa).  On one of those road signs that lights up different messages this was being displayed:  Don't be a loser.  Don't drink and drive.  Just hit me as pretty funny.

And in Davenport Iowa we ate at our first Village Inn of the trip.  The Bucky picture was disappointing ~ hard to make into gangster Bucky when he had Easter eggs and bunnies.

We're off to the Denver Mint today and then dinner at Casa Bonita to see the divers and Mary Grace's favorite gorilla.