The journey was slated to get interesting now. We woke up, I took few of my customary early morning phone calls and Rajdeep got very curious at my dedication to my phone calls. We headed out for a nice stroll looking for breakfast along the lakeshore of Chicago. It was a nice breezy morning and we were all eager to start the next next. After the barren plains and towns of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, we were now all set to drive through the beautiful cornfields of Iowa heading towards Des Moine to see the covered bridges of Madison county.
Rajdeep took over the wheels for the first time and within the first 20 miles, managed to get a speeding ticket in Iowa.
After a few pit stops and snacks along the way, we reached Des Moine around afternoon. We stopped over at Madison county to have a look at the bridges of Madison county and then stopped over at a restaurant for late lunch.
After the Des Moine stop, we started driving towards our original destination of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The idea was to enter South Dakota, find a hotel and get some rest, before starting the next day. Along the way we drove through vast corn fields that appeared golden thanks to the setting sun. The roads were almost empty and Rajdeep was driving a steady speed while Nihar maintained a steady snore at the back seat.
We took a few quick breaks at a few scenic stopovers along the way. Soon after, Nihar took over the wheels while Rajdeep started looking for hotels to stay. Along the way we debated and changed the route plans fifteen times before reverting to the original plan. Eventually, we decided to drive a few more miles and stopped over at Chamberlain, South Dakota. As we were looking for a place to have dinner in a deserted town by the Missouri at 11 in the night, we realized that we were fast running out of options. Eventually we found a nondescript bar in the middle of nowhere and Rajdeep went about his business of inspecting the place for its suitability of dinner - not that we had much of an option. While Nihar and I were waiting outside, we were encountered with a ferocious looking hound of a dog approaching us as if we were its dinner about to be served. Both of us made a hasty retreat to the comfort of the bar and the matter of dinner was closed. Not that there was much of dinner that night for us. Further inquiry revealed that the bar was about to be closed and all that they had were a few packets of chips and leftover bacon sandwiches.
We finished dinner to drive to our hotel for the night to realize that it was quite an old looking place. A stuffy smelling room was allocated to us. The stuffy smell and a dark looking room did not dampen Nihar's fetish for teddy bears. Rajdeep and Nihar debated almost till midnight searching for a room delivery mechanism. Before they could resort to another round of lullaby and heavy snoring, I quickly put myself to sleep so I could be fresh for my early morning run and phone calls.
Rajdeep took over the wheels for the first time and within the first 20 miles, managed to get a speeding ticket in Iowa.
After a few pit stops and snacks along the way, we reached Des Moine around afternoon. We stopped over at Madison county to have a look at the bridges of Madison county and then stopped over at a restaurant for late lunch.
After the Des Moine stop, we started driving towards our original destination of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The idea was to enter South Dakota, find a hotel and get some rest, before starting the next day. Along the way we drove through vast corn fields that appeared golden thanks to the setting sun. The roads were almost empty and Rajdeep was driving a steady speed while Nihar maintained a steady snore at the back seat.
We finished dinner to drive to our hotel for the night to realize that it was quite an old looking place. A stuffy smelling room was allocated to us. The stuffy smell and a dark looking room did not dampen Nihar's fetish for teddy bears. Rajdeep and Nihar debated almost till midnight searching for a room delivery mechanism. Before they could resort to another round of lullaby and heavy snoring, I quickly put myself to sleep so I could be fresh for my early morning run and phone calls.
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