Jackson, Minnesota

Jackson, Minnesota We got up early and left Chicago feeling happy and fulfilled as we had such an amazing time there. I felt slightly blue because I could really see myself living in Chicago and felt I could stay there for at least another week. 2 days simply wasn't enough! I love that city :) ... But there's so many more exciting things to see and do on this trip, so onwards we went. The next stop, Jackson in Minnesota. This stop was really a stop over between Chicago and the Badlands as there really isn't much in-between but we needed to stop because it's too much driving for one day! Catt told us in Chicago that she had too kooky stops planned on the way! Boy they were kooky. The first stop was in Wisconsin at a CHEESE HOUSE as Wisconsin is famous for cheese and beer (my two fave things, but definitely not a state I would visit again 😎) I didn't actually buy any cheese or beer because I'm bit funny about buying it from strange places! But I had a picture with the mouse and bought some postcards and a present for my bezzy Christine. The next stop was amazingly tacky Americana at it's finest.... The SPAM museum. Who knew there would be a museum dedicated to a canned ham? Not I! But it was great, I learned how spam was very helpful durning the war and that Hawaii is the top consumer Of spam in the world closely followed by South Korea. We learned a bit about what goes into spam, although it sounds pretty unappetising! They told us how it's cooked and enjoyed around the world! Including good old spam fritters from the UK. I got Rhian a present as spam is her nickname. Jackson KOA was a boring place in the middle of nowhere but there was a pool and Helen, Amy, Becky and I had a lovely swim in the pool after eating mac n cheese :) cooked by Amy, Helen and Tommy, THE A TEAM ;) next stop the Badlands