Well, this was a l-o-n-g day of driving. Even though we headed out from New Columbia, OH, at 815am, we didn’t get to the campground in Mulberry Grove, IL, until 6:30pm EST. Thank goodness we gained an hour when we crossed the time line. Construction delays were terrible & long-lasting, especially in Indiana. One nasty merge-to-one-lane area cost us ½ hour on our estimated time of arrival according to Gypsy.
Adding to the endless feeling of driving, the landscape really flattened out today. No more Appalachian or Allegany mountains – now it’s huge acres of farmland. We passed many signs explaining that we were seeing hybrid corn crops or soybeans to be used for biofuels.
We had to travel through some passing rain showers, but nothing heavy or sustained. However, to our south, we kept noticing towering clouds of varying scariness. Each time we thought, “Oh, oh, now we’re going to get it”, we pass by unscathed. I could see the very deep darkness behind us in the rear view mirrors & thanked the travel gods for their protection. All I wanted was to be able to get to camp & hook up without it raining on me! As I’m typing, I can see dark, thick clouds closing in. Will we get rain? I don’t know. Only the wind knows.
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