Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Day 85: Lake Vermillion SD to Forest City, IA


Dan commented while sitting outside the RV in the evening: “Humidity. That’s what’s different”.  And indeed, in moving from the west into the Midwest, we are back into humidity.

And humidity we had, in the morning---99%.  It was very foggy, and I waited for the fog to clear as the sun began to shine.  No luck.  After a late breakfast and packing up, I waited for the fog to clear as we left the area around the lake, heading for the interstate.  No luck.

We traveled through the rest of South Dakota, past Sioux Falls, in the fog.  As we headed across Minnesota, the fog became less dense, though the clouds remained.  The weather forecast was for rain overnight, possible thunderstorms as a cold air mass moved in from Canada, with tomorrow’s temperatures about 20-25 degrees colder than today.

The GPS took us along some narrow farm roads, south into Iowa, and into Forest City, IA, the home of Winnebago/Itasca---the “birthplace” of our Navion.  We have an appointment early tomorrow (7:30) for routine maintenance.  Meanwhile, we’re camping in the Lichtsinn Motors parking lot in Forest City.



With rain threatening, we gave up ideas of grilling our dinner outside and went for a lunch/dinner at a sports bar within easy walking distance and had a cold beverage and a meal---pizza for Dan, a salad for me.  Now we’ll spend a quiet evening, waiting for the storm to hit and getting some sleep before the early morning appointment.  Not much fun for Ranger, but at least they will allow him in the customer lounge while the Navion is in the shop. 


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