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.
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| Shrimp on the barbie - Woo-Hoo! |
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