Carlock, Illinois

Day 6 Photo Album

September 8, 2009

I’m sitting in the middle of corn fields.  Corn, corn, corn.  Corn fields all through Indiana and so far in Illinois.  I like corn fields.  The trees are thinning as I move west and the rolling is becoming less, but green is everywhere and very pleasant.  

My trek through Indiana was less than perfect:  I sat on the interstate for 50 minutes at a dead stop while they worked on something.  Both directions were stopped.  So I made a call and leaned back to rest. 

I can attest to the stimulus money being spent on highway repairs.  Most of the 300 miles I traveled today had construction of one sort or another.  The interstate is two lanes in each direction mostly.  Some of the sections have asphalt that is so old it looks and sounds like concrete.  Maybe it is. 

One of my favorite stops today was in Farmer City.  I needed gas and had to get off the highway.  What a place Huck’s is!  A nice change from the same old same old at regular service stops on the interstate.  Two great names:  Farmer City and Huck’s. 

It is so much fun to be in the map instead of looking at it.  For many years I’ve had to look up these cities on the map for my job.  Now, as I drive through the country, I feel like I’ve broken through the looking glass and am in a wonderful landscape.