on the road: minneapolis to michigan from dawn to dusk

After leaving Minneapolis and heading north towards the lakes region, the first things I did were get into road trip mode by cranking up my radio, and discover that my cruise control was broken 3 miles into a 2,100 mile drive. So view these photos with Creedence Clearwater, Dierks Bentley and lots of intermittent speeding and braking in mind.

I mostly took country roads towards Brainerd. It was a lot of what I remembered about the Midwestern plains… long straight roads, flat horizons dotted with lush trees and faded barns, and a big beautiful sky that went on forever towards the encroaching boreal forest. Here is the lakes region to Duluth, through Wisconsin and into Michigan from dawn to dusk.