Who wants to do the Alcan 5000 in Summer 2022?
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We just found out that our truck is ready for pickup so Mr. Tox and I are diverting to Iowa to pick it up. By the time we get home, we will have traveled over 10,000 miles. To drive around the world is 24,901 miles. Between this spring and summer, we've traveled halfway around the world together in a Wrangler. 
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We just found out that our truck is ready for pickup so Mr. Tox and I are diverting to Iowa to pick it up. By the time we get home, we will have traveled over 10,000 miles. To drive halfway around the world is 24,901 miles. Been this spring and this summer, we've traveled halfway around the world together in a Wrangler.
And you still talk to each other!!!! Congratulations
I was actually worried I was going to lose my voice during the Alcan because Mr. Tox and I are constantly talking to each other. And of course Mr. Tox was encouraging me to learn how to yell at him during TSDs at the same time. I still find myself talking to him as a navigator. I told him to bear right walking earlier and he shot me the most amused glance.
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End of the road for this trip. One last night before we're home.
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Marshalltown isn’t near Granger?
Get one of those breaded tenderloins tomorrow at the Brick Street Cafe in Bondurant.
Or hit up Hickory Park in Ames for some BBQ and ice cream on your way up I35.
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Being a holiday, we had the evening free and had heard about this Maid-Rite. It was filled happy and friendly people from the small community who were very hospitable. So a little bit of double backing was well worth it!
Depending on how tomorrow goes we'll check these places out. I'd love to be able to hit the road as early as possible.
You grew up around these parts iirc?
Went to college in Ames. Had a great aunt that lived in Marshalltown.
Spent the weekend in Southeastern Iowa and Mrs App made homemade Maid Rites for everyone.
Hickory park isn’t as good as it used to be but they have reasonably priced BBQ and it’s quick. Harrison Ford has flown in to eat there. The place mats are the ice cream menu and it’s worth the stop for that.
Enjoy the new truck.
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A pork fridder was yesterday's lunch. Same thing as a breaded pork loin I think? Really good!
That thing screams Midwest. And not just the pig being dispatched.
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For context, the bread slices are normal sized.
Iowans love standardized baked goods. Can't have too many surprises.
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@Apparition Breakfast of champions for me. (Ribs, BBQ chicken, smoked sausage, hot cinnamon applesauce, & green beans with bacon bits). Undecided on my ice cream order still. I'm really hungry this morning.
Wow, living the dream.
Did you read how many lbs of meat they sell a week? It's somewhere on the menu.