For the second year in a row, I spontaneously decided to take a solo road trip. As soon as I saw the line up for Eaux Claires festival, I knew I would have to get tickets (Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, The National, Spoon just to name a few).

Eaux Claires took place just outside Eau Claire, Wisconsin. That's a 1,614km (1000 miles) drive from Saskatoon. To make the trip slightly more reasonable, I stayed overnight in Winnipeg both ways.

To avoid taking encroaching on my holidays, I left Saskatoon on Wednesday after work and arrived in