Gettysburg

Day 7 September 19, 2024 Joliet Illinois to Willard Ohio 307 miles

We talked with a guy at the gas station this morning that had two of the cutest miniature schnauzers. They were really friendly too. The male dog had been part of a breeding program. His puppies sold for $8000 each. I found that quite hard to believe.

We were on the road by about 9 am again. The day is sunny and quite warm for this early. Luckily very little wind.

We spent all morning on city roads in commercial areas. There must have been at least 100 stoplights and we hit most of them red. I don’t think we averaged over 30 miles per hour. That doesn’t leave anything interesting to photograph either.

We did cross over one large draw bridge that spanned the Des Plaines River. The bridge was not very interesting. The roads through all of this area were really bumpy. It was almost like being on the gravel roads but without the dust.

We drove along one side of Purdue University. Took a little bit to realize what we were seeing. We didn’t drive through the campus.

After about 6.5 hours we finally reached open farm land and small towns. Still lots of corn and beans. Some of the churches had interesting architecture. More of them were brick. Some were wooden.

Off in the distance are a bunch of windmills again. Some of these are turning but very slowly. Not as much wind here as some of the other days.

And then we reached Ohio. Seemed to take forever. We arrived at the hotel about 7 pm so that was a long day. The car ran fine and Rob’s jerry rigged fix to hold the turn signal switch to the steering column held. When he uses his left arm as a turn signal many drivers think he is just waving at them.