Travel Log #6 The drive north….

I’ve doing it for years. You get in a car and head north. Most of drive was on a simple 2 laner, Highway 51. Now after billion of bucks most of it are 4 lanes. Years past you would spend the majority of the day traveling through dozens of small Wisconsin towns. From Dickeyville or Beloit in the south up to Plainfield and Plover the drive would take half a day. Then you had to travel through Stevens Point, Wausau and Merrill, add another 5 hours travel time.

It was all the same, rather flat and boring. By the time you got to Tomahawk your rear end was flat and so was your patience about that old Dodge pickup truck in front of you traveling at 40 mph. North of Tomahawk theres a straight stretch where you could hammer it and pass the dozen or so cars now backed up due to the 90 year farmer driving the old Dodge pick up.


The other thing you noticed at Tomahawk was the woods started or what is left of them. Those that are natives to the northwoods (all three of you) have no concept about the drive north. Only southerners get the itch. It seems the closer you get to the Lakeland area time expands, as does the remainder of the distance to get there.

Last week I once again had the Drive North. I was down in Illinois visiting old friends with golf bag in hand. Bucking Chicagoland traffic once again I was reminder of why we chose to live in the north, not that there is anything wrong with Chicago area people. So for four days we had fun and game and then it was time to drive north….

Once again time and space expanded, weird, Startrek here we come.