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The
Midas Wars: Episode 3 This
is part 2 of a three part series about the road trip I went on this summer.
Three college friends and I decided to partake in a road trip. The four
friends: Cap'n Mike, Dan the Band Man, The Rob and A Rob (me) were going to
drive 400 plus miles to our destination. What is our destination? The
World's Only Corn Palace.
Day 3
We all wake up in anticipation to
finally seeing the Corn Palace. The motor home gets unpacked and unhooked
and off we go into our 5 mile drive to Mitchell, SD. On the way to the Corn
Palace we saw a Kum & Go gas station along with the World Enchanted Doll
Museum. We had to stop at the Kum & Go and pose for a picture under the sign
(Note: Maturity level is very high among us). No one went in to the World
Enchanted Doll Museum…that was just too scary.
I know I have built up the Corn
Palace so much that most of you are just wondering what is inside it.
Well….basically it's a big Gym with pictures of all the different designs of
the previous corn palace. We happened to arrive during a day where they were
currently switching from one corn design on the outside to another. This
meant that half the Corn Palace wasn't even covered in corn!!!! We took some
pictures…along with having others take pictures of us and us taking pictures
of others. After some buffalo burgers we decided to head back to the
campground. On the way to the motor home we came across an old married
couple whom decided to start a conversation with us. The lady told us all
about how she is glad she lives in Green Bay now instead of Los Angeles
because there aren't many gangs in Green Bay. I'll be sure to hold on to
this information when I am deciding to move into a different city.
The rest of Day 3 was
uneventful…until that night came.
Now…4 guys…no matter how good of
friends they may be will get into arguments when forced to spend such a long
time together inside such a small space. That night we decided to watch a
DVD. I am tired so I decided to sleep rather than watch a movie. An argument
ensued about what the settings should be on a DVD. It was currently set for
a widescreen TV so most of the picture wasn't showing up. I knew what the
problem was, but no one was listening to me. The Rob decided not to let me
handle the controller and fix the problem for him. I was getting angry and I
did what any other full grown man would have done. I spit on him. The spit
ricocheted of The Rob and proceeded to hit Captain Mike in the face as well.
They were just as angry and decided to both spit on me. During all this
frenzy I grabbed the DVD player and the DVD slipped off the tray and landed
inside the DVD player (this was later fixed). We all went to bed in pissed
off moods ready to head back home the next morning.
Day 4
We decided to drive on the freeway
home and try to get back as soon as possible. After 2 hours of driving 70mph
in South Dakota and another hour of 65 mph driving in Minnesota, the Midas
Mini motor home overheated. We had to push it to the other side of a gas
station and wait/hope for it to cool down. After walking to McDonalds and
back we decided to give it another chance. The Midas Mini started up right
away. Nothing…I mean nothing can keep the Midas Mini down.
We decided to go see the 63 foot
statue of the Jolly Green Giant. The best I can describe it is as a statue
of the Jolly Green Giant…but about 63 ft tall. After this we decided to go
to Eden Prairie, Minnesota…home of where Mallrats was filmed. I finally saw
the mall and walked thru it and it looks nothing like it did in
Mallrats…stupid remodeling.
After all this…we finally got back to
Dan the Band Man's house where we all went home our separate ways. I had a
boring summer but this was definitely one of the highlights. If you are
wondering where to go for Spring Break…I suggest The World's Only Corn
Palace.
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