The day began at 8:15 and 70 degrees under clear blue skies as we headed for Sturgeon Bay, WI. The road we were going to travel to get there was closed, and this got us a bit off track for a while, but we found one further east and we were on our way. As we drove north, my eyes caught sight of a small duel engine plane when the rays of the sun bounced off of its shiny silver fuselage. It was flying low and appeared to be circling around. As I watched it, I c...

Today we continued our trek along I-90 and it was a big toll day, once again. We began the day at 8:10 and 64 degrees under clear blue skies. And it continued to be a perfect weather day all day long. We hopped right onto the highway and put the E-ZPass to work. We could not catch our breaths from paying one toll, when there was yet another to pay. I think we spent more money on tolls today than we spent on gas. Not sure. It will be interesting to see when th...

Today was a travel day. We didn't visit any attractions and I have little to report except that it was a long day. We left Mitchell, SD at 8:30 AM and 63 degrees and aimed for Oshkosh, WI. There was a high ceiling, so we had gray skies all day. It reminded me of my many years living in Maine, when days upon days could go by without a visit from the sun.We traveled across South Dakota, Minnesota and into Wisconsin. For the first 250 miles all we saw was corn...