The cats feeling a bit insecure.
(Gizmo is the lump under the bed skirt--
it was impossible to actually get under the bed.)
(Gizmo is the lump under the bed skirt--
it was impossible to actually get under the bed.)
Now to the drive: we started the day by going from west of the Mississippi to east of the Mississippi (in a nice hot thunderstorm).
The I-74 bridge over the Mississippi.(I-74 was easier to take from the hotel;
we rejoined I-80 shortly after crossing.)
The Mississippi looking south from the I-74 bridge.
The Mississippi looking south from the I-74 bridge.
Illinois has some nice varied terrain for the most part, though it gets pretty flat as you approach Chicago. Then there are Indiana and Ohio; they have hills, but there are long periods of flatness with nothing but farms and trees as far as the eye can see.
Illinois has some nice varied terrain for the most part, though it gets pretty flat as you approach Chicago. Then there are Indiana and Ohio; they have hills, but there are long periods of flatness with nothing but farms and trees as far as the eye can see.
A picture of the fields in Indiana.
This picture could just as easily have been taken in Ohio.
The thing about this day that was really new for us was dealing with toll roads. The first toll we paid was 60 cents in order to finish leaving Illinois on I-80. We crossed most of Indiana on the Indiana Toll Road, which is I-80 and I-90, for a cost of $6.25. Spaced out across Indiana on the toll road are "Traveler's Plazas". These are basically rest areas with a gas station, some fast food restaurants, and a small convenience store. That way you can get food and/or gas and stuff without having to leave the tollway, pay a toll, then come back onto the tollway again. The Ohio Turnpike (I-80 through most of Ohio) has the same concept, but they call them "Service Plazas".
We finish our drive on the Ohio Turnpike tomorrow when I-76 splits off from I-80. We'll be taking I-80 while the turnpike follows I-76.
I have a shorter list of interesting place names for you today, but here they are:
First we have the town of Starved Rock, IL. There is also a state park by the same name. I haven't done any research on it, but I would have bet almost anything that it was impossible for a rock to starve.
Next we have Fifth Third Field in Toledo, OH. I assume this is a ball field...
Finally, we have Gore Orphanage Road somewhere east of Toledo and west of Cleveland (I know, that's a long ways; too bad). We can only hope that the orphanage is named after somebody and it's not a description of how well the place was kept or how they treated the orphans.
That's it for tonight. We've gone through our last time change of the trip and so it is already getting late. Tomorrow, we finish the long drive to New Haven.
This picture could just as easily have been taken in Ohio.
The thing about this day that was really new for us was dealing with toll roads. The first toll we paid was 60 cents in order to finish leaving Illinois on I-80. We crossed most of Indiana on the Indiana Toll Road, which is I-80 and I-90, for a cost of $6.25. Spaced out across Indiana on the toll road are "Traveler's Plazas". These are basically rest areas with a gas station, some fast food restaurants, and a small convenience store. That way you can get food and/or gas and stuff without having to leave the tollway, pay a toll, then come back onto the tollway again. The Ohio Turnpike (I-80 through most of Ohio) has the same concept, but they call them "Service Plazas".
A Traveler's Plaza along the Indiana Toll Road.
The gas station even had pretty decent prices!
The gas station even had pretty decent prices!
We finish our drive on the Ohio Turnpike tomorrow when I-76 splits off from I-80. We'll be taking I-80 while the turnpike follows I-76.
I have a shorter list of interesting place names for you today, but here they are:
First we have the town of Starved Rock, IL. There is also a state park by the same name. I haven't done any research on it, but I would have bet almost anything that it was impossible for a rock to starve.
Next we have Fifth Third Field in Toledo, OH. I assume this is a ball field...
Finally, we have Gore Orphanage Road somewhere east of Toledo and west of Cleveland (I know, that's a long ways; too bad). We can only hope that the orphanage is named after somebody and it's not a description of how well the place was kept or how they treated the orphans.
That's it for tonight. We've gone through our last time change of the trip and so it is already getting late. Tomorrow, we finish the long drive to New Haven.
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