329 miles via I-90, I-290 (west and northwest of Chicago), US 14, and I-90 again with a lunch stop in Palatine IL and a shopping trip (Old Navy and a food store) before we arrived at our hotel. Cumulative TS8 miles: 1187. Cumulative car miles: 1249. Miles since the end of Hop 3: 333. The 4 extra car miles were due to dinner out in Fremont IN.
The Indiana Turnpike was kinder to me than the Ohio Turnpike, so I used it all the way across Indiana. The toll was only $8.90 which seemed reasonable compared to Ohio. Illinois got me for over $17, though. It was an expensive tolls day. And that isn’t counting the unknown tolls that I racked up by using I-90 from Palatine to Wisconsin. It wasn’t my first choice to take this route, but Ooma wanted the fastest route. I will await the bill in the mail.
The shopping stops before the hotel in Madison were to get some long-sleeve tops for Ooma. Apparently I had assured her that Wisonsin would be sweltering in September. I don’t recall doing that, but I am old and I forget things. We also needed some food for our 1-week stay in Madison.
Our hotel in Fremont IN was the Comfort Inn. Not the best hotel I have ever seen, but perfectly adequate for one night. Dinner was at Clay’s, a restaurant too small to have a website. Like the hotel, it was adequate.