crossing Minnesota & Iowa

today was driving. driving. driving. cornfields, windmills and highway. we drove halfway across Minnesota, then dropped down into Iowa, out to davenport on the Illinois border. all in all not a ton to report for the day. we we drove, and it was pretty boring. Christina played on her iPod, and I listened to bad Midwestern radio. ha.

we cheered our road wary bodies up with a yummy well-rounded dinner at the olive garden, and made it to the hotel with enough time for a quick dip in the pool and hot tub.

tomorrow is going to be another big day of miles... but Christina and I made a deal to have more fun to make the drive go by faster. :) im also going to try to find a few interesting stops to break things up.