travel blog

Wes (Diane’s husband) had to leave early to catch a plane.  Di went back to bed (having caught a miserable cold) and other party participants slept in.  I read a bit then fixed breakfast for everyone.  Diane’s dad left about noon to meet a friend and visit a train exhibit (did I mention he is an avid train enthusiast?).  I got myself together an bid good-bye in the early afternoon.  I’ll probably see Katie in about a month as she and her boyfriend are coming to Kazoo in a few weeks.  Then the family will come before the start of school to get Katie settled in at Kalamazoo College.  It’ll be nice to be close as a backup.
We I hit the Wisconsin line there was a notice that I94/I90 was closed near the Wisconsin Dells, a popular tourist place.  A dam that contained a lake associated with the dells had collapsed due to the heavy rains and flooding apparently damaging the interstate highways that passed nearby on the westerly side of the dells.  So I took an alternate route to the east and headed south on I39 not realizing that the I94/I90 detour merged with an I39 detour just south of Wisconsin Dells.  I was able to go 3 miles in 3.5 hours before reaching the detour.  Traffic was horrible as weekend vacationers headed back home toward Madison.  Seeing a sign for camping and being frustrated I stopped at a Pride of America campground for the night.  It was a prudent thing to do.