beware the bus tour

I try not to bash the Midwest too much. I try not to let my natural negativity seep into this blog, because really blogging should be about discovering the wondrous in the everyday, right? Right??

Let's just say that my trip to Wisconsin was not exactly wondrous. I had to endure a large gathering of pot-bellied middle-aged men, neverending road construction, lots and lots of hay, wilted iceberg lettuce, and the pièce de résistance.... shag carpet wallpaper (the carpeted walls were pretty amazing actually, okay one point for the wiz).

In addition to the overabundance of pot bellies, the Wisconsin landscape doesn't do anything for me. It's depressing. Granted I have yet to visit northern Wisconsin, which is supposed to be quite lovely. But around Milwaukee and up a bit it is just blah, the sky is a dull gray, and even the lake is like soda gone flat.

The one highlight was stopping at the River West Food Coop in Milwaukee that sells local yarn and yummy food and where we crossed paths with a bus full of people traveling across the country (is everyone and their mom traveling in a bus this summer or what?). The people were part of the "White House Organic Farm Project", and they provided us with unexpected entertainment.

In the midst of our lovely organic lunch, two members of the tour went at each other like, well... like two people who've been stuck on a bus together for too long. It was hard to suppress giggles as the two men got into a loud disagreement about nothing except that they were obviously sick to death of each other.

What people need to learn is.... being stuck on a bus with people is something to avoid at all costs. At all costs! If you've ever been on a bus tour, you know this in the core of your being, and you never forget it. I don't care what kind of good cause your bus tour is promoting.

Luckily no beheadings occurred at the Milwaukee "WhoFarmMobile" pit-stop (that would've ruined our lunch), but I'm afraid that the tour is not over yet... it's last stop is San Francisco!