I ended up spending about two weeks in the midwest in late September and early October. When I wasn't busy migrating computers at an aluminum plant in Monett, Missouri or seeing my family in Iowa, I could often be found out exploring the countryside with my trusty 5D.
These pictures were taken everywhere from Cassville, Missouri to the South and West to Story City, Iowa in the North and South-Central Illinois to the East. I will fill in details later... if I get around to it.