LOL WISCONSIN

So we've made it here to Sparta, Wisconsin, and I've got to say, its pretty wide open and full of cows. I guess they call it America's Dairy Land for a reason. There's not much to do here, but we did pass some cool looking amusement parks along the way.

Now that you know where I'm at, I figure I'll tell you a bit about the drive today because that's pretty much all we did. First things first, OHIO SUCKS. Sorry to all you people who live in Ohio, but I'm sure even you would agree. Every city we went into seemed to be pretty dirty, worn out looking, and just overall seemed to be dying. And even the townsfolk we had talks with commented on it that way, too! And after we managed to figure out how to get back onto I-90 (took us a good half hour of driving around until we finally got some help from a local, just to find out we were going the wrong way...), we were greeted by some gross weather followed by some terrible weather. Neither Mike or myself have ever been out to the midwest before, and all our weather knowledge of the area is based on watching one too many episodes of Storm Chasers, so when the weather began to take a turn for the worse,(you know, torrential downpour and lightning with swirling clouds of dust all around us), we automatically assumed the worst and jumped to the conclusion that a tornado was going to form right on top of us.

Looking back at the footage, its kind of a funny situation: you can tell we were freaking out a bit as our little red Ford Focus was being blown all over the road and brutally assaulted by the rain to a point where visibility was practically 0% except for the split seconds when the windshield wipers were clearing the glass, thinking that these could be our last moments here on this planet. Its ridiculous to have thought that, we know. Turns out it was just a really, really nasty storm. But hey, if we did die, at least it would've been in HD, right?

So that just made Ohio suck even worse for us. Sorry Ohio, I dont think I'll be back anytime soon.

Anyways, after that whole big hullabaloo we headed into Indiana, and then Illinois. The weather still hadn't made up its mind about what it wanted to do, so Chicago was pretty gross looking in all the shots I took thanks to the off and on rain and super hazy clouds. Even still, the Sears Tower was a sight to behold despite the conditions.

After Chicago, I took over driving and it was smooth sailing into Wisconsin all the way to Sparta, which is apparently the bicycling capital of the America/world? (One or the other...) Here's the progress update for today:



It's pretty crazy thinking about just how far we've come over the course of just two days of driving. We also have been filming more and more so we can have plenty of footage for post-production. We've come to the conclusion that we can't have enough footage for cutaways and we're working on getting some interviews. I just can't wait until we get to Yellowstone so we can actually stay put for a few days and do some exploring and get some other shots as opposed to just all road all the time.

LONG POST IS LONG GOODNIGHT