Road Trip (revised) added pictures

I decided to take a little vacation from the cold of northern Wisconsin. Since Christmas it has been below average almost every day and night with the exception of about 2 days. Alot of below zero nights.
I'm headed off to see my friend Tom, he is wintering in Hope, AZ. I left Hayward about 11:30am headed west on WI 77. When you cross the St. Croix river into MN it turns into MN 48. At Hinkley MN I turned left onto Interstate 35 and set the criuse control. I got to St. Paul, MN about 2:45pm and sailed right through, I was just ahead of rush hour. When I got to Des Moines IA it was about 6:15 pm and I just got the tail end of rush hour. No real slowdowns just heavy traffic. They know how to exceed the speed limit in Iowa, thats for sure. By about 8pm I had had enough for one day and checked into the Super 8 for the night, after having stopped at Subway for a sandwich. Stats for the day; 525 miles, 7 hours 43 minutes moving time, 37 minutes stopped. 68mph moving average, 62mph overall average.
I have a traveling companion this trip. His name is Flat Ryan.

This sign reminded Flat Ryan and I to stop for roadfood in Minong, WI. It's going to be a long trip to Hope, AZ.

Posing with Sasquatch.

The name says it all.

We started in Wisconsin, so this is state number 2.

This would be state number 4 for the day.

Flat Ryan kicking back at the Super 8 in Bethany, Missouri.
We can hardly wait to see what tommorrow brings as we head south and west.