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TS8 Hop 4: Fremont IN to Madison WI
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 … Continue reading
TS8 Hop 3: North East PA to Fremont IN
326 miles via I-90, I-471 (around Cleveland), I-71, I-80, OH 53, OH 2, OH 579, I-280, I-75, I-475, US 20, US 127 and Territorial Rd (which became IN 120 when it crossed into Indiana), with refueling and lunch stops. Cumulative TS8 route miles: 851. Cumulative car miles: 907. Miles since the end of Hop 2: … Continue reading
TS7 Hop 10 – Cloverdale IN to Carlock IL
177 miles via US 231, I-74, US 150 and a very scary mile on a narrow, rutted farm lane. Cumulative tow miles: 1867, Truck miles: 180. Cumulative truck miles: 2563. I don’t know why the RV GPS took me down that God-awful cowpath. After I got to my destination I looked back at the Google … Continue reading
TS7 Hop 9 – Brookville OH to Cloverdale IN
143 miles via I-70 and I-465 (southeast of Indianapolis). Cumulative tow miles: 1690. Truck miles: 153. Cumulative truck miles: 2383. The extra truck miles were from shopping and refueling. This was an easy hop. Sunny skies, flat roads. But a lot of traffic, including a 15-minute delay at the start due to an accident on … Continue reading
Indiana Dunes State Park
While in Indiana on Saturday I took the opportunity to check out the Indiana Dunes State Park. I was expecting expansive Sahara-style dunes and some great photo ops. Well, not quite. I did get some photo ops, but the dunes were not expansive and they were mostly covered with vegetation. The park is mostly a … Continue reading
STW1 Hop 7: Michigan City IN to Stoughton WI
220 miles via I-94, US 41, WI 50, US 12, WI 89, US 14 and I-90. Cumulative tow miles: 1439. Truck miles: 282. Cumulative truck miles: 2296. See that U-shaped dip on the Wisconsin portion of the route? I can thank the GPS for that. I was following the map until we got to WI, … Continue reading