Dream Trip 2009 is well under way! For inspiration, here's a new entry that caught our eye:

It's only Thursday, but Photo of the Day is already focusing on the upcoming Memorial Day weekend and the beginning of road-trip season. This shot of black-and-white bovines on a grassy slope puts one in mind of bucolic scenes throughout America's heartland--which is exactly where Dream Trip entrant plruegg captured this moment.

"I spotted these happy cows as I drove along a country road in central Wisconsin, and made a quick U-turn to snap this shot," plruegg writes in the Dream Trip entry "Wisconsin Happy Cows." "These girls seem to be very happy enjoying the sunny July day. I like this shot because these cows are great ambassadors for America's Dairyland."

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