Crowne Plaza East Towne Madison

The weather was the story today as we traveled from Chicago to Madison, WI. Things were great until we reached Madison and then all the elements combined to make an interesting evening. But we weren't deterred. We walked thru the campus and down State St to see the impressive capitol building. Monday morning we took off for our end point of Mitchell, SD. Along the way, we saw farms, cows, and more farms as we drove thru WI, Minn and SD. Before ...

Wow, can't believe it's been a year since I left my house and moved onto the road. With hindsight I wish I took more pictures. I was in great places where I didn't document with my camera. Hopefully this next year I will be again motivated to write in this travel blog and take more pictures.<br><br>While I was in Madison I had a great time! So many good friends! I took photos of the Dairyland Cowboys and Cowgirls barn dance, the Union Terrace and ...

... a dry tank. We ended up detouring<br>around some local airport in an industrial area - a very 'interesting'<br>insight into Chicago's suburbs. But at least we found a petrol station<br>in the end. <br><br>Going through Chicago itself was fantastic. The<br>skyline is beautiful, and although we got stuck in brutal traffic for<br>over an hour (going at about 10km/hr) this will probably be the only<br>major city we actually ride through. But we were glad to ...

... All names to me before this trip, but I'm slowly piecing together the gigantic puzzle of this country. I find it interesting to see all the various license plates and notice where they're coming from. The furthest so far iIve seen is Colorado and New York. No BC plates yet!<br><br>At around 6pm (we crossed a time zone after having passed Chicago, so we gained another hour!) we stopped for dinner just before Rockford. Michigan. We ...

From Roswell we traveled north through a tip of Texas. No photos but lots of memories of seeing and smelling cows in feed lots. We drove through a nasty little snow storm in Kansas City, MO. and I now know how well Shorty Too travels in the show.<br><br>Madison was significantly colder than NM, the lakes were ...

... allowed you to get up close to them. And they made funny faces by pressing their face against the glass wall.<br> Next I went and stopped by Lake Mendota. It was getting late and I had to get some supplies, which I did at Nakoma Plaza then headed south were I found a spot for the night at a wayside on 92/69.