258 miles
We enjoyed camping in the Wisconsin Dells and would have liked to stay longer or perhaps return another time. I wanted to get around Chicago, especially since it was Sunday and traffic would be to our advantage. As we got closer to Chicago, traffic began to build up but with GPS help, we made it through without any mistakes. Once we crossed into Indiana, we began to pay tolls quite regularly throughout the day. Near Madison, we were to find a large pink elephant.🐘 The clues told us to find a Citgo gas station and the elephant would be there. We needed to make some travel time and were unsure about turning our rig around in an unknown gas station so we kept going. I began to notice the amount of construction along the freeway under the power lines. An old fashion wooden "corduroy road" was being built. The area was low and swampy in some places so the wooden planks worked well.
After our rest stop, we passed a huge open pit mine. We couldn't tell what was being mined-it looked like chalk.-gypsum perhaps? We camped 2 nights at the Middlebury KOA.
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This sign reads " Crash investigation site". These turnouts are places spread along the freeway for fender bender crash victims not needing police assistance to get insurance information without holding up the traffic. There were also Texting signs indicating where travelers could pull over and text safely.
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On the Indiana section of I-90, there were "Service Oasis" areas. Getting into the gas line was a feat. There didn't seem to be a way to get gas and then find a parking spot. Sonny juggled the truck around and got parked after getting gas. We crossed the tractor trailer parking and followed the ramps up stairs and into the building built over the middle of the freeway. Sonny was glad to see Starbucks serving coffee. We treated ourselves
to pretzels for mid day snack.
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| Watching cars speed out from under you is a weird sensation. |
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Micheal Jackson's childhood home was on our scavenger list. It was an easy off-on I-90 in Gary, Indiana.The home was a well kept bungalow in a mixed economic neighborhood There were well kept homes mixed with
damaged, windowless and broken-down buildings.
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| This large monument has been erected on the front lawn. |
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