Going West, aka "Chasing the Sun"

Editor's Note: This post was originally posted 6/22/08 and backdated for continuity purposes

Time to suspend your disbelief about the space-time continuum once again. "But of course Dave", you say, "when and where are we in this post?"

We are somewhere today is the 14th of June, 2008, crossing the northern reaches of this vast country. Wisconsin? South Dakota? You got it.

We begin our journey after a night of rest and at the Quality Inn. This establishment fulfills Varun's one requirement - Wifi - and is thus deemed a success.

We don't know it yet but flooding, in addition to claiming billions of dollars worth of damage, will detour us. I hope you're properly horrified.


Forced to experience 40 miles of uncharted Wisconsin wilderness - what horrors might we encounter?

Cheese! And lots of it! Mmmm...


Also - Beef Rods.
Alas, we were not the only travelers derailed by the highway's untimely closing. What you're looking at is a 3 hour traffic jam in rural Wisconsin.


The delays only made the open road all the sweeter.


Damn you Mississippi! Damn you and your flooding ways.


Now that we're back on the highway we can follow it into the setting sun. Next turn in: 997km.


South Dakota is flat. On to the horizon!

As we drive into the setting sun we dream dreams of cheese, corn and the comfort of the Quality Inn.


We get the last smoking room in Mitchell's Motel 6. In fact we get the last room in Mitchell. This will become a reoccurring theme.

At least it has Wifi.