Way To Go Iowa

Even though we're in Casper Wyoming tonight, you're looking at pictures from Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. In order to catch the ferry from Michigan to Wisconsin we had to get up around 5 am. It was very foggy before the sun came up and this slowed us down considerably. The pre-dawn light was beautiful, though.



We made the ferry, and after enduring several bingo games in the warm main lounge we opted for the chillier lounge chairs on the deck. The clouds parted periodically and shafts of light spotlit the water.



The drive southwest, from Manitowoc Wisconsin through Madison, to Dubuque Iowa was beautiful: perfect weather. The landscape was pastoral and lovely. However, much land had given way to a mad sprouting of colonies of homes like in the photo below. I kept hearing the Pretenders' song "Ohio":

I WENT BACK TO OHIO
BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE
HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE
BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE.
THE FARMS OF OHIO
HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS
AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR
FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS.
I SAID, A, OH, WAY TO GO, OHIO