The day started wondering if the bike would start.  It did.  We drove to Rockford, Il and looked in the Yellow Pages for a motorcycle repair shop. Found one; found it, and they said they would look at it.  Two hours later they found the problem. it was a million ants that had crawled into the switch case and laid a pound of eggs!  Eggs blown out; bike fixed.  What joy!  They trip really just started for me.

We drove on up through Wisconsin to Eau Claire where when we had stopped for gas we saw a front coming in.  We put the suits and an left, but it was too dangerous; we pulled over and waited for the front to pass.

When it left, we continued on to Minneapolis and made it there by 7:00 pm.  Heidi, Shane, their four boys and all the neighborhood were waiting for us on the front lawn.  We had a ball with the kids and ate pizza.  It was a wonderful evening and morning spent with them. Lil had sent bubble gum and gummy worms to the two older boys.  They love their aunt “Owo.”  It was a great visit.