Walkabout With Wheels Blog: Driving Southeast to Ottawa, Illinois, With a Brief Stop

Eric & I return to US 218 South/

Highway 27, The Avenue of

the Saints.

The Evansdale
Water Tower

We drive south through

Cedar Rapids.

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

Moscow & HWH Corp.

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

Mississippi River.

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

Welcome to Illinois

The Land of Lincoln

From the People of Illinois

Farmers have prepared fields
for new crops.

Exit 254 takes visitors to

Herbert Hoover National

Historic Site

Presidential Museum.

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.