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Not the best way to start the day!

Is there a problem, Officer?

Not to be repetitious, but we started our day meeting one of Eau Claire’s finest.  He was quite polite and listened to our story about how Ross made us drive on this highway, even though we didn’t want to, just because he (Ross) had designed it.  As stated on Facebook, I happened to be wearing my lucky hat and luckily it worked!  I’ve decided to wear it for the rest of our travels.

53 was designed by Ross!

Wisconsin is without doubt, beautiful…with lots of forests, lakes and rivers.  We loved driving through the state (after Officer Mike let us go) and viewing the water birds and the great scenery.

Can I have those shiners fried?

We told you how Montana has casinos everywhere….gas stations, campgrounds, steak houses, and even laundromats.  Wisconsin is a lot like that, except it’s not casinos…it’s bait shops.  Pictured is the bait shop we found at the Taco John’s we stopped at for lunch.  (We bought a dozen minnows and three dozen night crawlers.  Yum!)

We arrive in Decatur around 5:00.  We have driven almost exactly 5000 miles this trip and visited twelve states.  We have now visited 33 states and have 15 to go to meet our goal of visiting the 48 contiguous states this year.  The map below shows in red the states we’ve visited so far this year.

We've already got our next trip planned.  Just gotta do a little laundry and then we'll be off again.  Can't wait!

P.S.  Still pulling out cactus!