The Orange Ninja and Friends: Storm Chasers

Day 2
Louisville to Okoboji
...It's in Iowa for all you who have never been there.

Today started off with the nice hotel staff at Motel 6 helping us load the car while jokingly asking if Nikki and I could teach them how to "hang ten." Also a few seconds later a guest walked up to us smoking his breakfast cigarette, noticed the boards, and shook his hand giving us the hang loose symbol simultaneously telling us, "kowabunga dudes!" I knew we were going into an unfamiliar land.
We made it quickly through Louisville under a light drizzle and entered the Hoosier state. We knew we had entered the heartland just a few miles into the state line. Almost every water tower from here on out across the state had a clear message to send the the passing vehicles, here was home to American water. It's good to know we're not importing everything these days. The rain continued, increasing into huge drops, and for the rest of the day the windshield wipers constantly played a game of catch up to mother nature. We next hit Illinois where we would were constantly entertained by roadside poems such as this one
When Gun Control
Has Us Beat
Criminals Will
Run the Street
GunsSaveLife.Com
These witty rhymes were often followed by a billboard or sign advertising the local Adult store. Obviously the people of Illinois feel very strongly about their right to "bare" it all.
The highlight of the day though was stopping at the Iowa 80 Truckstop. The largest truck stop in the whole world, and it's even been shown on the travel channel. They had a dentist, 800 truck parking spots, tons of snacks, military patches,truck parts, and even the amazon.com's
3 wolf and moon ts hirt that is know to change people's lives. After and hour of wasting time people watching, Nikki decided to drive after she had read about half of Twilight (thanks Brionna). She decided to start off her stint with a dance off which she declared herself the winner even though I contested. I'll let you be the judge. Nikki took us into Iowa where there was no shortage of corn and soybeans, and about 4 hours later, just to watch the sunset, we finally arrived in the NW corner of the state at the lovely lake city of Okoboji. Courtney and Jeremy were excited that we made it, and we were glad to finally get out of the car. It was a long day, and while neither of us ever found out what a Hoosier was, but we knew that Indiana was full of them.