Wednesday, April 3 2024 Road video and map When I woke up this morning light snow was falling in Chicago but, by the time I got on the road, it was a mixture of sleet and rain and the roads were just wet. It was, however, a dull journey with gray skies and rain accompanying … Continue reading A Dull Journey to Fort Wayne
Tuesday, April 2 2024 The weather today reminded me of that day in 1981 that I referred to yesterday but the worst of the storm passed some 40 miles (64 km) north of Chicago and a 90 minute gap in the rain mid morning enabled me to walk around and see as much of the … Continue reading Soggy Chicago
Monday, April 1 2024 Road video and map My first visit to Chicago was in 1981, with three friends from the UK, but the weather was so lousy that we decided to move further west on the next bus without even getting out of the station. I feel I may have arrived in the city … Continue reading Frank Lloyd Wright Home finally visited
Sunday, March 31 2024 Road video and map Morning showers were predicted to end around 10 AM so I relaxed over an excellent breakfast this Easter Sunday before heading to Forest Park in St. Louis. Forest Park is a city park that is larger than New York’s Central Park and it contains many of the … Continue reading Forest Park – A Gem in St. Louis
Monday April 11, 2022 Monday was a pure driving day from Springfield, Missouri to Paducah, Kentucky, a distance of 296 miles (476 km) with exactly 1 mile (1.6 km) in Illinois. I originally planned to stop for a walk in Big Spring National Park but Sunday night had seen continuous thunderstorms and it was … Continue reading Driving towards a Rendezvous
I started Tuesday in Peoria, Illinois which is the headquarters of the giant truck/digger/earthmover company Caterpillar and so a trip to their visitor center was essential. Since much of their equipment is so huge there were only 4 large vehicles on display but the largest of them had been modified to contain a cinema, with … Continue reading Big Trucks and a Big River
Springfield is the capital of the state of Illinois and Abraham Lincoln spent most of his adult life here. These two facts become very clear, very quickly when you visit. My primary reason for coming here was to visit the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and to see the Lincoln Home National Historic Site but, … Continue reading All You Ever Wanted To Know About Lincoln