Try two for this one. I foolishly added a picture and that crashed the app!
In reverse order: Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
No real interesting road kill today though I did a number of miles. Set off about 6 and arrived at 2:45, with a couple of breaks and a time zone change.
Crossed the Ohio River. I think I had a chance at it when I was in St. Louis, but didn't quite get there.
I hereby nominate Illinois for the worst roads, that have the slowest speed limits, and the highest tolls. I don't have a lot of good things to say about them other than they did what they were supposed, id est get me where I wanted to go.
I've ended up near Vernon Kentucky. Which seems to be near Boonsboro (I think they spell it differently here). Dan's old tavern is a few miles north.
I'm at a KOA which is what I've been using as I've wandered along. T5 is my plot. It's far from the bathrooms, down narrow gravel trails, which show recent evidence of having been flooded and washed away.
I'm at the property line, from where I can hear the interstate (65 in this case) and on the other side of the fence we have a field with at least three cows. They do not seemed bothered by me.
I stopped at a Wendy's for lunch. I've not had one of those for awhile. Tasted ok.
The picnic table was stained red at some point and built long ago, when people had better posture and were smaller than I. But it will suffice.
No biting insects yet! I suspect that may not last as it has been wet here not too long ago.
Temperature in middle to high 80s, but seems drier than Chicago and there is a welcoming breeze.
Ah, it seems the WiFi has connected. It took a long time and perhaps it was out of IP addresses for the moment.
I am still in awe of how green this county is. Perhaps being in the West for 30 years has changed my memories, but this, with the exception of what I saw in Indiana, a rolling green, heavily treed country. Maybe it's all the extra carbon dioxide that our dear leader believes is the most dangerous threat to humanity, but the trees and grasses seem to like it.
Audio Book Notes:
I finished the Dale Brown space saga. It was OK. Made the driving ok, but it seemed to be written for the young adult audience, and I'm talking early high-school here.
I'll find a new book for tomorrow. I will go with: Make Me by Lee Child, if I've read that, then Harry Potter and the goblet of fire. I think I got that from a dear departed old friend, Nick Labella, might it might be formatted properly for the car, so backup to those is Assassin by Clive Cussler. Finally, there is Cairo Affair by Steinhauer. BTW the verb "hauen" is German and means to cut, in this case stones. Remember Eisenhower? "Eisen" is the German word for iron. (Dear Swift key, it would be nice if you knew a few foreign words and some Latin too.)
The run into Sapphire NC is about 4.5 hours tomorrow. I suspect some of the roads will be twisty. Google is very good at estimating travel times. I wonder if there is a way to suspend navigation when one pulls off for rest breaks. That would be useful. <pause for research> I knew about "exit navigation" but I didn't know about "Resume Navigation." I'll try that tomorrow.
The grass tent plot is a bit muddy. There is a grassy spot, but it's under a dead tree! Do I roll the dice? I'll figure out something.
There are large trees here, I'm tempted to try out the hammock and do some reading!
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