Today's drive to central and northern Minnesota had some beautiful scenery. Now I know why there was as many people returning back to the Twin Cities yesterday from the northern woods and lakes of Minnesota.
All 3-stops went smoothly. On the return trip I saw something I never thought I'd see laying in the middle of I-94 on an overpass--a kitchen sink. Yep, someone lost it from their vehicle and it was just laying there. I was in the right lane and I went over to the shoulder to avoid hitting it and the semi next to me went over to the median strip to avoid it as well. I got on the CB-radio and warned other drivers in back of me to watch out for that kitchen sink (no one responded back to me). Oh yeah, it looked like that sink was comprised of cast iron which means if/when someone hits it, it will do some damage to one or more vehicles.
I fueled on the north-west side of Minneapolis at a truck stop and decided to park it here for the night since I didn't want to fight Minneapolis/St. Paul rush hour traffic. I'll get an early start tomorrow and get back to the warehouse mid-morning.
I got a kick out one driver who was parked where I fueled. As I was fueling, I heard this Wham, Wham, Wham going on. I turned around and there he was hitting tennis balls against the side of the trailer (standing far enough away to volley against the side of this trailer). Too funny! Later on, I saw him riding one of those fold-up bikes (it looked too small for him). He just seemed to be having fun getting some exercise in the parking lot (either that or he was trying to get rid of excess caffeine so he could crash for the evening!).
miles driven = 467
PostScript: The only spot I could get was in the back row of the truck stop. That meant a certain knock from a lady-of-the-night waking me up when I was in my deepest sleep cycle. So, I taped a crude message to my driver-side door that read:"
No!
No Knocking
I don't know if it worked or not (I didn't wake up for anything during the night). I'll have to remember to try that again--that would be great if it worked!
8:22:50 PM
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