It was a long day with lots of problems. When I left Logansport, IN, I immediately hit a detour onto narrow country roads with no shoulder to speak of. No where to go if a problem developed
I followed this truck for what seemed like days. And then the truck stopped; I couldn't see around it, so I just had to wait until it moved on.
It was stopped for a road repair that must surely have been an emergency. Nobody would schedule it on a detour from a road with such high truck traffic. The guy in the yellow shirt is the "flagman" sans flag.
These big trucks were in a hurry - both directions.
You can see how far ahead of me the truck is in less than a mile. There are also lots of motor homes on the road, glad I'm not driving one of them on this country byway.
I stopped in Crown Point, IN, to visit one of the Row by Row shops, a tiny store with mostly a selection of traditional fabrics. They did have fat quarters on sale for $1/each, so I added a few to my fat quarter box. This cute quilt was hanging in the restroom.
I only took eight pictures all day because as soon as I got back on the Interstate there was heavy traffic, construction, and, on I-294 that bypasses downtown Chicago, many toll booths. The first toll was $1.50, but about 25 miles further on there was another toll booth. I told the lady I had just paid a toll and she replied that if I was going to Wisconsin I would pay a toll about every 20 - 25 miles. She was right: another $1.50, $1.80, $2.25, $2.80!!! Such a nuisance. I got off at the Kenosha, WI, exit, checked into a hotel, and went to meet Kay Sorenson, who lives about ten miles from the exit ramp. We had never met before, but we read each other's blogs. We had dinner at a nearby ancient pub and then she showed me her studio, which is the top floor of her house. Such a treasure box, with lovely antique oak thread cabinets and tables. It is awash it her colorful finished and
in-progress quilts. But by this time I was on my last leg and had to get back to my motel. I actually drove on the unfamiliar highway in the dark, something I told you I would never do. But I had been over it once before and there was much less traffic at 9pm and the construction workers had gone home. Thank heaven!
So, now I am ready for the road again. Back down I-94 and I-294. I wish I could avoid it, but it is the most logical way to go south to I-80 westbound. Hope to stop at the Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, NE.
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Stay safe!
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