Holiday Inn Hotel And Suites Madison West

... Wisconsin, we proudly donned some cheese heads and Sammy got his picture made with the giant farmer holding cheese and a sausage. You'd have to be there to understand. Minnesota has really taken on environmental issues with hundreds of huge windmills. The last stop of the day was dinner in Sioux Falls, SD. We ate at Bob's made famous in the Roadfood book. It was as described. We love it and the owners. Time for bed. On to Mt Rushmore........

... 2009 Pug Hug. I also walked up State St and took photos of people. I enjoyed these photos so posted them here too.<br><br>This is the end of this section of the blog. I plan on continuing to travel, in fact I'm writing this from Ashland OR where I have not taken my camera out of it's bag yet...hmmmm.<br><br>1 year, 40,000 miles, improved physical health, lots of adventures, visits to beautiful place, and connecting with new and old friends.<br>

... out of the<br>traffic jam...my left hand was starting to ache from controlling the<br>clutch at low speed. Good practice indeed! At one point we just turned<br>off our engines and pushed our bikes along slowly.<br><br>We've gone<br>through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and now we're in Madison,<br>Wisconsin. There aren't any 'border crossings' as such and sometimes<br>not even a sign to tell you you're in another state. It all merges and<br>flows into one ...

... iced over for the hardy fisher people. I reconnected with my friends at line dance and actually remembered some of the dances. <br><br>Stayed in Madison for 2 weeks while I caught up on doctor appointments. I was reminded why I left as the weather was damp and cold and my body responded with pain. Oh well.<br>

... car and doing my last preparations to leave.  Janis Joplin singing "windshield wipers slapping time" was going through my head as I was listening to the tail end of the last presidential debate while driving out of town.  Buddy settled down fairly quickly on his bed between the seats in the front of the rig.  I was a little worried about the cats since this was only ...

... to get it back in Madison you cannot by containers of alcohol after nine. More money for the bars right? Our server rushed the Growler out to us and we took it back to the truck for ... later. Grabbed a Monte Cristo for dinner... oh so delicious. I had a great time catching up. It has been like 2 years since we had last hung out. After that, we stop by another bar.... Er name escapes me..... Met up with some ...

... was mad at. She insisted that I stay for the planned visit and said that she understood. I thanked her and explained about my allergies to the animals. It was the first time in my life that I was truly grateful for awaking with huge allergy swollen eyes, and on a double dose of allergy pills. I told the truth, that I had no bad feelings for her and hoped that she and her husband would be able to talk and resolve their issues. I meant no harm.<br ...

... road to go to southern Florida for a 3 day music festival called Langerado. Our original plan for our "spring break" was to spend one night at the hostel, the weekend and Langerado camping out, and then the rest of the time in West Palm Beach, FL at her parents' time share. I told Caren that we needed to cut the time share short and go back to the hostel - I had to go back. Something inside me knew that I had to be there that next weekend - and it didn't hurt that the next ...

... and I see you're off to Ethiopia soon. I'm just letting you know, if you have any questions I'll try and answer them. Ethiopia is an amazing country, I hope you enjoy it! Take care Izzie -- Witty comment goes here. Africa: for those that haven't been, no explanation is possible; for those that have, no explanation is necessary.

After moving from my nightspot I went to a roadside picnic area past Cambridge on route 12 and had my lunch. Then on to Madison, a new capitol for me but that was before I started touring all the capitol buildings. My main area of interest was the arborrtum, which I toured and then to the best free zoo ...