lagging...

I've really got too much to say and show.

here's the short version:

on the 7th (thursday), we rolled into iowa. Went to the National Motorcycle Museum in amamosa. it was AMAZING...pictures to come!

then we drove to the worlds biggest truckstop, 'iowa 80'. they had an amazing truck museum, with so many cool trucks, I can't start to tell. the pictures will knock you out.

and last but not least, we rolled into moline illinois for the john deer pavilion!!!

lots of green wonderfulness, both new and old!

this day was the most amazing day of museums so far.

thursday night, we rolled into uncle bob and aunt kathy's in west allis (a south milwaukee suburb).

sleep, then hanging out until thursday afternoon, when we went and picked up alex and mom at ohare airport in chicago.

i'll tell you about the next 3 days soon.

this morning, we got up at 6am and drove up to northern Wisconsin.

we got to medford, where my dad was born and grew up (until 11th grade).

visited my grandparents grave.

drove around medford and saw lots of cool old places.

then we drove to someplace in upstate minisota and picked up a vintage flat track bike for my dads friend tom (and I'm going to put a picture up, since it's the 2nd to last picture on the camera):


and then we drove across minisota and ended up where we are now, at the super 8 motel in albert lea, minisota (10 miles from the iowa boarder).

we just had some interesting dinner, which I call 'taco bell in an alternate taco john's universe'!

believe it or not, it pretty much tasted like taco bell, but a little different (and not as good).

they did have a salsa stand though, which had pico de gallo, red salsa and some kicking hot salsa verde!!!

very UN taco bell.

Anyway, there's something in minisota that I'm allergic to and have been having a rough one.

just took one of the weird vanilla mint benadryl strips that sandy sent with me and am ready to crash.

good night.

brockout.

ps. dont yell at me if any of this post makes little or no sense. :-)

pps. next day...I woke up and my dad already had proofread it! and there were mistakes.