Wisconsin? What Wisconsin?

In the last post, we mentioned the benefits of stopping at Information Centres. When we crossed the state line - across the Mississippi - from Minnesota to Wisconsin at La Crosse, we couldn't find the Wisconsin Information Centre. We saw one sign - then nothing! We decided to ride into the city of Madison about a hundred miles or so west of Milwaukee and we struck the old traffic again. Admittedly we were on the Interstate and the wind was a bit gusty anyway (not great for motorcyclists) but the speed of the traffic was somewhat daunting. The posted speed limit is 65mph and we were doing just under 70 and still the slowest thing on the road - a six lane highway. We were overtaken by everything from huge semis to pick-ups towing horse floats to family cars with caravans. And the drivers were changing lanes like you would not believe. Eventually, we just decided to stay in the right lane at around the posted limit and let everyone overtake us - it seemed safer and was definitely more comfortable.

We were in southern Wisconsin which is supposedly not as scenic as the north. Even so, we were a bit disappointed, Jenny had heard good things about the state and wanted to visit but we could find no information about it. Even the normal tourist material at the motel told us nothing, so we departed Wisconsin the next day for Iowa. A pity.