Minnesota Trip - Day Two

(DeForest, WI - June 26) The second day of the trip involved a little more than eight hours of driving, through stretches of flat Ohio farmland followed by the huge mills of northern Indiana and the crush of Chicago. The little video, taken by the Canon G5, gives a sample of travel on the Ohio Turnpike.

Along the way, we saw evidence of the over-abundance of rain the area has received. Some corn crops had areas where the plants had been drowned, and some had been planted late so the plants were much smaller than they should be at this time.

Our hotel for the evening is between Madison, WI and the Wisconsin Dells, in a part of the area just beginning to see commercial growth take over farmland, evidenced by a great cornfield right next door to our hotel. We've got the best of both worlds!

More comes tomorrow...