Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
last year I rode 70mi in the driftless region of WI and was continually surprised at all paved roads. Identical roads just over the river in NW IA's drift less region are all gravel. It was an odd feeling to ride such remote and dead paved roads. Great fun, but odd.
You can thank the dairy lobby for that. Dairy farmers need to get their milk out while its fresh, all year 'round, regardless of weather or anything else. So almost all the secondary roads in Wisconsin are paved (far northern Wisconsin is a notable exception). Makes for nice, low traffic riding.