We arrived at a Days Inn motel south of Springfield, Illinois at around 4:00 Springfield time. That's 5:00 Michigan time. Jack collapsed on one of the beds for a nap shortly after. I went out to find gas for my fuel sucking van. The area is south Springfield and consists of restaurants, motels, gas stations, and used car lots with a few topless bars and billiards places here and there. I found a gas stations and got lost coming back to the motel. Almost an hour later I found my way back.
We drove a little over 400 miles and just under 8 hours, which is more than I thought we would. But that is probably due to missing the ramp to 80 south of Chicago while in bumper to bumper traffic on south/west 94/80 where there was major construction going on.
While trying to find our way back to 80 we stopped for lunch to regroup. The restaurant was a local family type place that advertised 1/2 off prices for senior citizens. They even had a separate "senior citizen" menu. Kind of like a kid's menu only for old people.
I'll try to post the pictures we took from there here.
Once back on 80 the ride was smooth and almost relaxing. Except it is our first day driving and our bodies and butts are not attuned to the long periods of sitting. Dad managed to follow my lead the whole way with no problem. Cruise control is a wonderful thing.
We went next door to the Bob Evans restaurant for a soup and salad dinner around 6:30 and we are now both exhausted. So far so good.
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I remember why I hate Springfield. Carolyn played at a McDonald's there and came down with her first fever a few days later. Damn land of Lincoln.
Keep on bloggin'. It's interesting to see how far you get every day. Also, blogspot's photo upload doesn't work correctly with macs, if memory serves. I used a photo posting site called flickr.com when I was blogging.
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