We are just 30 miles from Bill's family in Wonder Lake, IL. Very exciting! We'll be stopping for 2 nights to visit and then on to Michigan on Saturday afternoon. We left Ames, IA early this morning after an overnight with our friend, Valerie. She and Alesha were a day ahead of us into Ames and found a fun little Brasilian restaurant where we had dinner last night.
Yesterday was a little stressful - one of the wheels on our rental trailer (current home to our truck, bikes, and kayaks) started smoking on the freeway as we drove through Des Moines. Turned out to be a broken bering which required a tow truck and a trip to one of the local Uhaul shops for a replacement trailer. The whole process took about 3 hours but, for the most part, was pretty seamless. Folks were super helpful, we broke down in an area that was very visible and close to service, and it was the middle of a weekday. Could have been much, much worse.
Will write more when we hit the road again on Saturday!
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