Another long day on the road

Hi everyone, it is  me Annette, David is exhausted tonight and wants me to fill you in on today.  Not that I am any less tired you understand.  So here it is.....
Another early morning and on the road clutching boiled eggs, muffins, and fruit from the free breakfast.  Bottles of water at the ready as it was reported it was going to get to 30c today. 
Things that were noticed today:

• The mad arsed crop duster in the plane that flew over our head and just missed hitting a bridge by a few feet.  
• The dragon flies that look like birds, they are huge and hover like helicopters and make a mess when they hit the wind shield.  
• The enormous houses that are in the state of Minnesota, like mansions and huge pieces of land.  

• Strange goings on in the road surfaces where they are inserting what looks like pipes and some sort of flag attached under the road surfaces.  We saw them doing it at the border but now we notice there are signs of them all over the US, is this something to do with Big Brother keeping an eye on you and I or what very strange.  

• We drove across to Minnesota and the state it seems has shut up shop.  All the rest stops are closed as is the parks and camping grounds.  Apparently they have run out of money!!!!!  
• The border guard that kept asking us if we are sure we have never been finger printed????
• There is hardly any traffic anywhere, it is really, really quiet for July.  I used to drive a lot during the 4th July and it was always crazy busy especially during the first week of July when all the kids were off school.  Another sign of the down turn in the economy.  
• Huge, huge people eating huge, huge meals of what looks like piles of mush.  
• We shared a lunch as it was big enough for us both. 

This drove David nuts, does it mean NO to no trespassing talk about bad English.  

Well we finally found our hotel, we really need to get a new TomTom, SatNav.  Nice hotel, nice people and Sammy likes it.  He has been so good, and travels well.  Our hotel is on the banks of the Mississippi River.  

There has been so much flooding all throughout this region.  Amazing, water everywhere.  We think we have had it bad in Alberta not as bad as this State.  Large areas of land under water still and it has stopped raining for a while and still the rivers are high. 

So I will say goodnight to all and tell all my friends and family I miss them still.  But hope to see you all very soon,  Sarah and Josh being the first visitors, July 17th!!!!  Hoping the furniture arrives on time!!!!!
Night Night.......