On the Road Again Day number 10

Left Albert Lea, MN about noon, the roads in Minnesota are very bad, lots of frost heaves, pot holes, etc., not real relaxing driving bouncing up and down or listening to the ka-thunk, ka-thunk all the time where the pavement cracks have been patched but the patch has sunk or separated. We were happy to hit Iowa where the roads were a little better. We did see the first river that had open water though in MN, that made us feel better knowing we were getting to warmer weather. Interestingly enough there was more snow in southern MN and North Iowa than in North Dakota. We were glad that we had waited the extra day in Albert Lea, MN as we could see some areas received lots of snow. There were three places on the highway that the snow was blowing across so we slowed right down. Trucks and cars in the ditch and just after we passed through one area, we saw a car hit the ditch. The fire department and the police were already there so we didn't need to stop and help. Northern Iowa is pretty though with rolling hills and winding roads. We saw our first lake without ice at Nashau, Iowa but more snow here than we have seen since leaving Alberta.

We booked into a Days Inn at Coralville, Iowa (just east of Iowa City), didn’t want to take a chance on another Super8 after our last experience, and spent a relaxing evening. We were hopeful that we would be able to stay in our fifth wheel in Iowa but the weather was not good at all so opted for another night in a motel.