Summer Travel Map

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Quick Stop with Michael and Susan

July 29, 2010
Litchfield, IL

Today was another easy driving day, wending our way through corn and soy fields from northern Indiana to southwestern Illinois. We headed south from Elkhart and ended up with a couple of detours as we zigzagged south and west. These aren't "over one block then back" detours. Out here, the roads are laid out in a grid pattern, and the next "county road" is 4 miles away, so a detour turns 4 miles into 12 just like that. It didn't hold us back too much, though, and we crossed I-65 for a fuel stop right on schedule. From there, it was a short hop to Illinois (now in the Central Time Zone), over to Kankakee and I-57. South to Champaign and I-72, then west to Springfield and I-55, and we were soon at Michael & Susan's place in Litchfield. We parked right out front, running the generator to keep the air conditioning on in the 90+ degree heat.

 They've done quite a bit of work on the house: new roof, siding, windows...

Yes, sidewalk is still cracked from where I drove over it on our last visit...

They were ready for us, having wine and dinner ready to go. We visited for a bit, Mike grilled shrimp for an appetizer, and we chowed down on a nice piece of tenderloin cut into steaks. We'll stay tonight and move about 50 miles away tomorrow, where we'll stay for a week.

Shrimp on the barbie - Woo-Hoo!

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