From Taliesin we drove back down through Wisconsin - very pretty rolling countryside and farmland, we'd have liked to seen more of this state, and into Illinois, where we hit the interstateand motored for a few hours skirting around the edge of Chicago and through into Indiana. As we head further east the areas we pass through are becoming more populated and there's more traffic on the roads, by early evening we driving tired and pulled off at a roadside campsite planning to get an early night and continue onwards first thing tomorrow.

Our plans were not to be when the guy at the campsite pointed out to us our badly damaged rear tyre - a large chunk of tread was missing, we could have had a blow-out at any moment. The tyre will have tobe fixed before we can go anywhere else and tomorrow is Labour Day, everything will be closed and the garages will not open until Tuesday. More problems with the car ! On the positive side, at least the guy noticed and we are now aware of the problem without having been involved in some horrific motoring accident. In an attempt to take our minds off our problematic car we strolled around the campsite taking in the Labour Day celebrations.

This campsite is very established with trailers and RVs that appear to be here year round - there is an amusing "keeping up with the Joneses" thing going on - develop the small plot of land around your trailer as much as possible - garden furniture, fences, fairy lights, windmills, sign posts, pot plants, etc, etc. Everyone who is anyone also has an electric golf cart to race around the site in, walking is definitely out + dangerous due to the risk of golf buggy injury. Humanity at its best - a psychoanalysts dream!