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Thursday, May 28, 2020

Driving Southeast to Ottawa, Illinois, With a Brief Stop





Eric & I return to US 218 South/




The Evansdale
Water Tower





We drive south through




Thank You To Those
Who Serve And
Can't Stay Home



This truck, with a piece of its
cargo flapping in the wind,
 passed us.

Eric slowed to increase our
driving distance.








Bridge Construction above 
the highway

Yes, those are Construction
Workers up there.







Eric again takes the Exit toward







Our hydraulic leveling system appears to be a little bit off.  HWH will check the system's calibration for us.  






Our motorhome waits
to go into the shop...







It's all about perspective.   Even though the rear of our motorhome looks too tall to fit into the work bay, it will clear the entry with room to spare.

This HWH appointment was the shortest ever.  The hydraulic system was off a little bit.  It's been recalibrated and thirty minutes later.  Thank you HWH for providing high-quality service and support for your products.






We approach the Mighty











From Pre-colonial Times 
forward this river has been
& continues to be a major
transportation thoroughfare.








Welcome to Illinois
From the People of Illinois







Farmers have prepared fields
for new crops.




Exit 254 takes visitors to






I saw this sign in 2013 and asked Eric to make a detour.  

Americans owe the systematic, organized collection of Presidents' personal and government papers to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  He formalized the Presidential Library System in 1939 with the donation of his personal and Presidential papers to the Federal Government.  

Former President Hoover and successive Presidents since FDR have established libraries that are administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.






We turn onto Interstate 80 East...





... & continue driving through
Illinois' farm county.












Live Buffalo (@ Buffalo
Rock State Park)
Pick us Ottawail.com



Sometimes the incidental item
in a photo makes it a keeper.

The Ottawa Water Tower & a
 dead tree










Eric & I will spend the night
in the Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store's parking lot.







We are happy to get Take Out to thank our hosts.

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