Milkshake with breakfast

Day 2: The corn belt

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July 24th 2016
Sunday was a brand new day. We erased all traces of Maui from the hotel room, packed up the car, and headed off to breakfast. We had a great tip from a friend to avoid the toll going back north to Kenosha. It sounds silly, but I think that set the tone for the day. Breakfast was at a well-known diner called Franks. It's been there since the 1920s, when someone shipped a rail car out there and ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more