Travels With Charley Day 13

Steinbeck travels through Illinois and Chicago,  but doesn't write about it because he feels it wound not mesh with his previous writings.  He enters Wisconsin and describes it in very flattering light.  He is impressed with the crisp clear air and the variations of landscapes.  He later tries to see the twin cities of Minnesota, but he is unable due to the influx of traffic.  It is in Minneapolis that he writes his analogy to being a weakening swimmer with all the humongous trucks.  I remember reading that in class.  He gets back on highway 10 and stops at a diner where a very rude waitress and cook give him directions to Sioux Centre.