Well...
it's been boring. No catastrophic failures. No suspicious noises
(from the car at least). And no speeding tickets.
Topics
of road trip conversation have included:
Female
rabbits going on “Bunny benders” (don't ask)
Those
poor bastards burdened with “adulthood”
“Hey!
There's an RV / Mobile Home MUSEUM in Illinois/Indiana! Let's hit
that on the way back!”
and...
“How
much of the corn plant is really used in producing ethanol?” If you
saw the volume of corn fields that we've seen, you'd understand the
urgency of this query.
As
an added bonus: We passed a gigantic manufacturing facility for
Barilla pasta. Wayyy cooler than Reagan's birthplace.
In
short; We are in the middle of Iowa.
We're
staying with an old grade school friend of mine (a guy I've known
about 40 years), and his frightfully gifted family. The brain power
in this building is a little intimidating. Even his young children
are on some higher plane. I'm totally digging it. His kids created an
“F Bomb Parking Only” banner. That's the first thing we saw as we
rolled in to their driveway. Dinner was exceptional. Fresh beef,
fresh corn (as if you had to ask), potatoes, and jalapeno sausage.
Fresh baked cookies for dessert.
This road trip gig is pretty alright.
I've decided that Indiana is my least favorite state for driving, so far. Even the rest areas are like mid 1960s YMCA bath houses.
I've had a headache since 5:30am, thanks in no small part, to an infernal piece of hood trim, that sounds like a bottle rocket strapped to my temple at any speed above 45 mph. We were at it for 13 hours today.
Duct tape helps.
Corn, flat, verdent, friendly, not nealy as big as all that flat makes it seem... Welcome to Iowa!
ReplyDeleteYou haven't experienced the grandeur of Indiana road worship until you've been stuck in light traffic that insists on going ~5-10mph ***UNDER*** the posted speed limit. Also they time the traffic lights by Mystery and Wonder. #onlyinIndiana #ihope
ReplyDeleteGreat post!....enjoy your ride...Danny and I and family drove to Iowa to visit a friend once. Once. : )
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