Seniors gone wild; day 1

Well, we hit the road about 8:30 in the morning, with a car full of stuff!

Our first stop was in Merrillville IN, the home of Albanese Candy Factory. They make the best gummies!! I wanted to stop there because I used to work for a man that loves gummies and he always brought some back for me if he had to travel up there. I wanted to get some for him...and me.
They have a huge bin full of "gummy goofs" - wrong colors, squished together, too flat, etc. So I bought a couple bags. It was A LOT of gummies!!

Then, on through Illinois.  Where there are toll roads...many, many toll roads. At one of the automated toll booths, we couldn't get the machine to take any of our money! It was stressful - so we didn't pay. We just drove through! Seniors gone wild!! Stupid toll roads.

Next stop, Ives Grove Wisconsin. So named for an ancestor of mine! Cool, huh?! Now, it's just an unincorporated little town filled with old houses, and a golf course! 

We ran into rain off and on but it was a pretty good driving day so we just kept going. We made it all the way to Saint Paul! It was close to 8:00 by the time we got to our hotel. We were pretty tired and looking forward to a good nights sleep. Imagine our surprise when we discovered HUNDREDS of bikers having a party behind the hotel!!! complete with live music and a huge cookout. Whoa!!

Thankfully, they were all gone by 10ish. Whew. Not that I don't love a good party...just not after 12 hours of driving. But look, we've already had an adventure!! :-)