Yesterday was our first full day of travel as we make our way to South Dakota. I confess... I do believe in omens - weather being one. Yesterday was incredibly clear and warm as we made our way across southern Minnesota. Based on the advice of a friend, Lee, who delivers motor homes all over the U.S. and Canada, we chose to travel south of Chicago and pick up Interstate 90 across the southern section of MN. We made two "detours" to check out fall colors and whatever else we stumbled across. Check out the pictures on "Picture Perfect Places We Wandered."
As we drove west, we saw two different windmill "farms, " Evidently MN invested 3.3 million around 2009, and the biggest news of the day was they didn't turn in cold weather dubbing the area in winter a "no spin zone." I was unable to find any updates on that aspect. They must be doing something right though. The initial purchase for the state was fairly small, and what we saw were many more than I could count. I downloaded this YouTube video of the turbines at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elj_FMnbmk8
They are mesmerizing.
On the domestic side, I had this great idea to make beef stew while we were running down the road our first day. The inverter is always on when we are running since we have a residential refrigerator that requires electricity converted to 110. We discovered Rival Crock Pots don't like electricity converted from 12 volt to 110 through our inverter. Now lest you think I've gotten smarter since retirement, understand I don't have a clue about electricity, but I do know when something is burning. Where there's smoke, there's fire. Off to Bed, Bath and Beyond for another crock pot. It wasn't until the second one started smoking that we realized what was going on, Hopefully, I pulled the plug before permanent damage was done. Who knew some appliances don't like some types of electricity? Yet another lesson learned.
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