2012 New York Road Trip: 7 July (Day 5)
10:11
Checked out and hit the road
10:14
Almost immediately got caught in a big backup on I80. While stopped on the freeway, at least 3 EMT’s
and 3 Highway Patrol cars went by on the shoulder. About 2 blocks more and all traffic was
diverted off of the freeway.
11:45 Based
on a recommendation from a visitor center, I stopped at the Farmall-Land USA Museum
in Avoca, IA. It must have had hundreds
of tractors ranging in size “Junior” tractors all the way up to ones with tires
as tall as I am. I probably would have
enjoyed it more had I been a farmer, but . . . . it was interesting.
In the
afternoon I hit another nice backup where there was only one lane in each
direction. It could have been worse – in
the lane going the other way, someone broke down on a bridge and really had the
traffic backed up.
Lots and
lots of gigantic corn fields.
5:56PM Checked
into the Peru, IL Super 8. I almost had
a nice dinner at Olive Garden- but did not want to wait 30 minutes. So instead had Wendy’s for dinner.
Around 850
miles left.
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