From here I drove down to the Port of Burlington and pulled out my AAA tour book to see what the story was with Burlington. I read about "Snake Alley", the street Ripley's Believe It or Not dubbed the crookedest road in the world. The street was made to zig zag for the horse-drawn carriages to easily maneuver down the steep hill.
The Mississippi River looking South
Came out of Galesburg on Hwy 97 and not much has changed
I drove straight through Illinois with nothing but corn to my left and corn to my right....at one point there were miles of wind turbines in the corn fields...but otherwise, corn. I know Iowa is considered the corn state, but based on what I have seen of the two, Iowa has nothing on Illinois. I decided to break up the monotany by stopping in Gibson City, a little town on Hwy 9, to have lunch and wash my car. Car washes appear to be the liquor stores of Illinois...there's one on every corner in every town. Time to get back on the road.....
It wasn't much later that I crossed into Indiana, about 5 minutes into Indiana, I lost another hour. Welcome to the Eastern Time Zone-we hope you enjoy your stay. This got me to thinking, what do people do who live in one time zone and work in another? You would always be gaining and/or losing an hour. How does that work? I was really hoping the corn fields would stay behind in Indiana, but no such luck, it was about this time I decided I had seen all the corn I can handle for one day and was ready to get on the intersate. After about 16 miles of losing my hour, the road curved away from the corn field, presented a few trees and then...."hello" I'm Layfayette....wait a minute, I'm in the middle of Purdue University.
I had to go down one more off-beat highway before transitioning to fast lanes and decided to get gas. That is when I took this picture. The tombstones of forgotten roads. And an excellent definition as to why it takes me all day to go a distance that would only take me 4 hours on the interstate. But I loved every minute of it!
I pulled off the highway just outside Idianapolis and plan on getting on the interstate in the morning. Depending on how long I stay on the interstate, I may make it all the way to Virginia tomorrow. But looking at my map...I may want to pull off in Ohio...we'll see.
Goodnight!
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You write very well.
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