In this episode of Valerie and Bryon Travel the World, Valerie and Bryon are going to drive an RV from Iowa to Alaska (accompanied by Valerie’s parents). We are going to pick up a brand new RV from the Winnebago factory in Forest City, IA and drop it off in Anchorage, AK about 18 days later. If this sounds appealing to you, you can sign up for next year’s Spring Adventure Package from Great Alaskan Holidays.

We flew from San Francisco to Minneapolis/St. Paul.  Belinda dropped us off at the Caltrain station.  We always leave lots of extra time for this transit since some terrible transit accident always seems to happen on this route.  Last time, a Caltrain fatality caused us to be delayed in transit by more than an hour.  This time, there was a Bart fatality.  It didn’t cause much delay, but maybe we should reconsider flying SFO if we can fly through SJC.

We arrived in Minneapolis around 18:30 and took the Blue line light rail into downtown for $1.75 each (including bus transfer). We hopped on a bus that took us to the Hyatt Regency, which Valerie booked on Priceline for the bargain rate of $60/night + tax. After setting in, we went out to Eatery 112, where we ate very tasty foie gras meatballs.