Albert Lea Auto Repair

Ole: (strutting into the local café wearing his best flannel) Yah, Sven, I have an appointment today at dis fancy auto shop in Albert Lea.  I called ahead, told ‘em I’m Ole Gunderson, a big-time farmer from Kiester.  Dey gotta roll out da red carpet for me, you betcha! Sven: (laughing) Oh, yah, Ole? You tink da auto shop is gonna treat you like some kinda Viking king? Dey’re fixin’ cars, not servin’ lutefisk! Ole: (puffing out his chest) Sven, I got da premium oil change package! I read it on da internet - $99.95 for the “Platinum Elite Service.” Dat means I get the works: free coffee, a shinned up truck, and maybe even a foot massage while dey change my oil! Sven: (still laughing) Foot massage? Ole, you been eatin’ too much pickled herring. Dey’ll probably just hand you a stale donut and tell you to sit in da watin’ room with last year&rsq ... read more

Life, our most precious and limited time commodity. We are here on this earth for a very short time. What are you going to do with that time? What memories are you going to make along the way? When you look back in reflection, what will you see? How you diligently completed your daily routine every day without interruption for fifty years, or will you look back and smile at some situations that added spice and excitement to your life? Doing what is safe and sensible all the time makes for boring stories. That’s really what you’re doing, writing your life story. Is it going to be a good one? Recently, I was invited to participate in the third annual RSS or as I like to call it, “The Fun Show”. The Fun Show was developed around the campfire, where so many great ideas are born, by a group of like-minded off roaders. The Fun Show is basically a weekend long, tiny vehicle overlanding trip into the Northern Minnesota woods. Overlanding is where you carry all of your ... read more