Rodeway Inn South 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 ...

USA Day 11 Thursday, September 10, 2009<br><br>Portage Indiana to Janesville Wisconsin<br><br>Today we head off towards Chicago this turns into a long trip thru the backblocks where we see another side of Chicago. What we see is very similar if not worse then Detroit. I am sure there are better areas but we didn't see them as we were following our GPS and it just takes you the shortest route. <br><br>On these e roads we found some of the largest pot holes people begging at traffic ...

... br>move.... the poor people trying to get back into Chicago after a a<br>weekend must've been waiting for hours! I noticed that the standstill<br>on that side went on for more than 10kms!<br><br>Today our aim is to<br>get to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The next day we should be in Rapid<br>City (the badlands!) where we'll pass by Mount Rushmore...<br><br>Hopefully<br>we'll have enough time to take it slowly and meander through<br>Yellowstone National ...

... Bryce sweet talked his way into a good hotel deal. So we sat in their mega hottub for a while then headed up to the room. When we turned on the news they were reporting possible funnlel clouds in the area. Thank goodness we were not in a tent!! <br><br>The next day we debated whether we should try the waterpark or just check out ...

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 ...

... chest cough, the watery eyes, the achey bones and the moans and groans. I'm miserable! I'm sure by the second or third day I'll be recovered; Jason has the same thing, only about a day ahead of me, and he was able to go back to work today. Cross your fingers for me that I have a speedy recovery!

... with each day that passes my appreciation of London and my time spent there only grows. London is a gem of human civilization. It has all that one could possibly want in terms of entertainment, diversions, public parks, restaurants, good public transportation, and historic sites. While it does have its quirks and annoyances, I must say that aside from a rather random and ill-advised trip to a remote part of East London, I never once felt threatened during my ...

... for our good friend's wedding. Ben Birkenstock is the first close friend to be getting hitched. Moga is the best man and I just get to enjoy the whole thing as a guest. Open bar, dude! That event is tomorrow evening and maybe you will get to see some pics of that. Right now I am at my friend Matt Nolan's place in Oconomowac. Peace, Anders

... dangerous if I come home after having too much to drink). The other day, as part of some of the universities international orientation activities I participated in a free city tour with a number of other international students. I could tell this was going to be interesting when the volunteer drivers began selecting their passengers according to such specifics as regions in China and specific cities in Japan . I knew that the only ...