We drove our coach 250 miles, about five hours of driving, from Rochester, Illinois to Cascade, Iowa.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

An interactive map:

Peoria:

A weird trailer:

Roadworks:

A helicopter dusting corn:

Paladin in his dash bed on the freeway; very unusual for him, though he’s been getting more comfortable staying there for a few minutes before jumping down:

Flooded road:

Welcome to Iowa:

Paladin asleep:

Iowa 80 truck stop, the world’s largest truck stop:

A very Iowa fun with zoom:

Barn:

Wapsipinicon River:

Oxford Junction:

Corn:

Onslow:

We had to do a long detour due to a closed road:

Cascade: