Well the day finally arrived.  The trip is over and its time to get back to reality.  Ben flys home this evening at 6:30 pm.  We get up and out to Lowry Grove RV park.  We stopped at the gas station to fill up around the corner because they are giving a penny off a gallon for each run the Twins scored last night.  They scored 9 runs.  For 35 gallons thats not too bad.  The plan today is to visit Mall of America and then its close to the airport so Ben will just take an Uber from the parking lot.   My plan is to get the RV back to Toronto on Saturday, July 18th and fly back home at Noon that day.

The main objective for our visit to Mall of America is to find Minnesota Vikings gear.  Unfortunalety for Ben he aquired my fandome of the Minnesota Vikings.  But first breakfast.  We locate a Starbucks and get cofffee and some breakfast sandwiches.  Then proceed to walk the mall.  It is quite the place with the entire core of the place a roller coaster and other assorted rides for kids and adults.  The actual Mall didnt seem quite as big as advertised but still its pretty big. 

We shopped several sports apparell shop, but no luck in finding the right fit for us.  We hit Hard ROck cafe for lunch and more walking the mall and then its about time to get Ben to his plane.  The reallity is setting in, the trip is over and its time to get back to real life.  Ben gets packed and calls Uber.  We say our goodbyes and hes off to the airport. 

Then my reality sets in…I have 5 days to get the RV back to Toronto and get home.  The original plan was to take my time and go over the Great lakes thru canada and enjoy to drive and scenery.  That sounds great at the time I planned this trip, but right now all I want to do is get home.  I talk with the airlines and its a $ 200 change fee.  I figured up all the cost to driving the extra gas for 3 days and the rv parks for 3 days and figure the change fee is offset by $ 100 and go ahead and reschedule the ride home for Thursday at Noon ….. So now I have to get from Minneapolis to Toronto in just 2 1/2 days.  Thats a 14 hour drive.  Drop off the RV thursday morning and catch a noon flight at the airport.