After giving my host Renee a lift to the airport I began my thankfully short journey to Wisconsin.  I didn't really know much about the state apart from the character Colin in the film Love Actually and his desire to go to "a fantastic place called Wisconsin," where he rightly thought that the women would fawn over him.

I arrived at around 8pm to the house of a lovely young couple, who'd couch-surfed all over Europe and were now returning the favour.  When I asked if I could use the stove to heat some soup they insisted on a full grill-out and very generously fed me delicious steaks and home-grown veggies. We ate, drank local beers and chatted in very late.  Awesome.