Obfuscator writes: We left Madison in the morning, and turned southwest. We had originally been intending to drive pretty much just south, and perhaps a bit east, to see more of Tennessee and Kentucky, before turning west. The change of heart resulted from a decision to get to Seattle by the end of the month. Knowing that that only leaves us a few weeks, we figured we had to at least be moving in a more direct path, which will allow us to spend some time in the middle of the country. There's a lot of pretty terrain between Madison and Dubuque, Iowa, but unfortunately we chose to leave on a very foggy day, so mostly it was all enshrouded and difficult to see. There were also some potentially interesting stops in the area, but we
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