Think I bit off more than I can comfortably chew with over 300 miles per day. With stops for stretches and to drain Hudson’s radiator (and sometimes transmission!) everything takes longer than what Google Maps says! But we made it to Champaign, IL where I popped in on an old high school chum and his wife (they own a family farm in Champaign and just happened to be there – they live in Maryland!) Getting there was a chore! It rained cats (no dogs or Hudson would get upset) all day long. So driving 70 mph among 18 wheelers in the FOG and the Rain…..thank you God for keeping us safe!
Today was the longest day yet. We’re west of Des Moines, Iowa. Not a cloud in the sky today and the landscape is that of freshly harvested cornfields marred (maybe I should say scarred) by wind farms, half of the turbines inoperative…What a waste of money and what a blight on the otherwise serene beauty of the Great Plains!
Note to self – the gravel coming off the truck in front of you and hitting the windshield was NOT gravel! It was BUGS! Godzillions of them of every size shape and variety! What’s that old question…would you rather be the bug or the windshield? It’s going to take me 1/2 hour tomorrow morning at a truck stop to get them off!
Hudson is going a little nuts with all the sites, sounds and SMELLS! He can’t get enough of it all!
Gotta crash…gained an hour today so am now Central Time.
PS how’s the above for a harvest moon? Taken around 9PM on October 7th in Champaign.
