June 3

ISo last night got pretty cold but the mosquitoes died down. We pack up pretty slow, I'm still trying to get organized cause I have so many things. James was quick though and made coffee.

There are bathrooms with running water and showers. They are the type where you have to hold the button down for the water to come out. Showered in five second intervals, but at least the water was hot : )

We just stopped at a grocery store and the lady refused to let me take my stuff out of the store without a bag, a rush of fury shot through me and I about walked out.

Eating cheese and muffins for breakfast    

There are about 100 Mosquitos in the car. James is freakin out seating them and swerving. He gave me the job of gettin them but they really aren't bugging me. 

We are taking two across northern Minnesota an North Dakota instead of 94. I'm kinda bummed cause I wanted to see Bozeman an billings and some of the bigger cities in North Dakota. I think glacier should make up for it though : ) we are hoping to run into our friend up there, fingers crossed : )

So they weren't a kidding when they said there was a whole lot of nothing in North Dakota. 

My engine light came on an James is snoring. Pulled into a gas station, oil and coolant look good, I think...

We stopped at a place to get the codes checked. The guy, darrin, looked at us kinda funny wen we rolled in, looked at the kayaks and asked if we were lookin for water, told him we were kayaking g the puddles. 

Darrin liked at me and goes , "so outback, who makes that one?" Woah....

Then the codes came back and he sounded out, cat a litic converter. We asked him what that meant, he didn't have a clue...

 

We met a girl at a rest stop from upstate New York. She has been on te road for almost a week and is planning to drive around the country for a rew months. She is 22 and a science teacher in Tennessee. Impressive.

We are probably all going to camp together tonight if we can, either at a state park or Walmart parking lot ha. 

My friend just called me, his dad lives in the city with the parking lot. That's really exciting! He said the city was really dangerous and it would be a bad idea to stay at Walmart.  

Guess my friend Zack called his dad and he wa really worried about us camping. Zack said his dad was in a management position and lived in an apartment with two other guys. I gave his dad a call and he instantly started telling me how horrible and dangerous the area was, that he had an extra room and we could lock the door and be safe. I couldn't really hear but he sounded panicked. Probably just worried about us, said girls got raped in that parking lot.