Drove around Notre Dame campus before we headed out. The strange thing was that as you turn onto the campus you are met with a cemetery. Other than that the campus is really beautiful. All the buildings are a light colored brick.
On the road at 11:20. There are billboards every 500 feet. Some of them are a bit different from those on the east coast. There was 'Krazy Kaplan's Fireworks' and 'Don't Die with your teeth in a glass' advertising dental implants.
12:26 we reach Illinois.
EZ pass still works even though the signs say iPass. It's flat, some industrial areas and some farms. Several scrap yards.
12:00 Central time and we turn south on interstate 55 to head to Bloomington. This is the same road we use when we drive from Chicago. Lots of cornfields. We stop for lunch in Coal City. Following the nav system back to the highway via a different route. There are farms with mansions. Beautiful. Until the road becomes unpaved. We turn around and go back the way we came.
The speed limit is 65. I am doing 75 and getting phased frequently.
We pass a huge wind farm about 50 miles north of Bloomington.
We still don't know when the moving van will arrive in Henderson so we will have to stay in a hotel when we get there.
Arrive at Ron's house at 2:30. Signing off to play with my grandchildren for a couple of days. Will hit the road again on Tuesday.
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ReplyDeleteI'm having great fun following your adventures as you drive across the country to your new home. And so pleased that the timing allowed for this Rosh Hashana stop with Ron and family. Love to all, frousin Caryn and Joe.
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