Driving from Madison, MN, to the Lena, IL, KOA

Wednesday, August 18^th through Friday, August 20^th

We drove from Madison, MN, to the Iowa rest stop that has a casino and spent the night there. We actually went into the casino and played a few machines, but we didn’t win anything—just gave our money to the casino. From there we went onto Independence, Iowa, which was a quiet, pleasant little town. On Friday morning, we drove to Dubuque, Iowa and stopped at the Sam’s Club. Then we drove the last hour and a half to the Lena, IL, KOA.

That night, we went to Cannova’s in Freeport (our favorite restaurant in Freeport) and met Abigail and Rebecca there. They had left San Antonio a few days earlier and met the movers in Chicago with Rebecca’s stuff from New York. Then, they spent a couple days putting Rebecca’s new apartment in order. After we ate, we went shopping to get some things for Rebecca’s apartment. Then the four of us spent the night in the RV and got up the next morning to drive back to Dubuque for my nephew’s wedding.