Last weekend we made what may be the last trip of the year to the family cabin in northwestern Wisconsin. It was cool and rainy on Saturday, with lows in the forties. Sunday, however, was sunny, and we enjoyed a beautiful drive home. I appreciated the landscape of this part of the state - the rolling hills, the farms, the forests - and it looked beautiful with the first touch of fall color.

Here’s a driving route that is underappreciated, I think: State Highway 65 from Interstate 94 north to U.S. Highway 8. It’s a twisty, up-and-down, quirky road that’s popular with motorcyclists. It’s especially curvy and up-and-down (can’t think of a better word) from Star Prairie to Highway 8; that section is a bit rough right now as well. Also nice is U.S. Route 10 from Prescott to  Ellsworth. I love seeing the isolated, forested hills there, looming like great ships over the flat farmland.

This entry was posted on Monday, September 25th, 2006 at 11:06 am and is filed under Minnesota, Travel.