And I thought Indiana had bad roads - Part 2
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Left the KOA campground near Utica, IL and got on I-80 as fast as possible. I-80 was pretty good on through Illinois. Had sections that were a bit bumpy, but compared to the travel yesterday, it was a much welcome improvement.
Turned North on 380 and went through Cedar Rapids. The way was not bad at all.
But, at the KOA, I filled my 35 gallon water tank in the bed of my truck, and it sits directly over the axle of the truck. I think the extra weight, weight with the trailer hitched was just enough, we could still feel every bump in the road! Maybe not so "bumpy", more like bouncy. Some spots were pretty bounch and had a few moments of porpusing. Slowed down of course.
FYI, that section of road through Cedar Rapids has photo electronic speed enforcement. I was aware of it, because I got a ticket in the mail from them several years ago. I have a Tom Tom, and was really impressed that my Tom Tom set off a warning about photo speed enforcement, stating 1/4 mile ahead, then started tracking down... 1000 feet, 500 feet, and so on.
So onward on our path, through Waterloo, Iowa, and actually, ALL of Iowa roads we traveled were pretty good. Ended up on I-35 North bound, and after all the bouncing in Illinois, it was like riding on glass! No bouncing, smooth, comfortable. I tooled right along at 60 mph.
Crossed over the Minnesota state line and now stopped at Alberta Lea at Myre-Big Island State Park for the night. Got all set up, unhitched the trailer, toured around the State Park and had supper at the Iron Skilled down the road.
Pooped again! But thank-goodness road were much better.
Today being Sunday, we stopped at a grocery store in Illinois this morning and picked up a few thing. We happened to be in the alcohol isle they had taped off. Kind of unusual seeing that, but signs said, No Alcohol Sales on Sunday. Kind of threw us for a loop again. We ended up walking through the aisle anyway, and laughed after we got through it, making comments to each other ...
"Well, I suppose if it was wrong to walk through that aisle on Sunday, we've got nothing to worry about. If the state still has no budget, I suppose the state police aren't getting paid either and probably not working, so no one around to arrest us!"
We both laughed and I think folks around us probably thought we were nuts! (well, we kind of were. We sure had fun though).
So then, back on the highways, and we made it through the entire state and never saw a single police car anywhere in 2 days of driving through. Very weird, very weird indeed.
Then, we crossed over into Iowa, and must have seen a dozen police cars with people pulled over in the opposite lanes! Still driving just 60 mph, we were well under the speed limit.
So, there's day two update of the status of the road! Tomorrow we will be in South Dakota on I-90. Staying at Mitchell over night and then on to Mt. Rushmore on Tuesday, the 4th where we'll be honkered down for a few days.
Indiana STILL has horrible roads!
Left the KOA campground near Utica, IL and got on I-80 as fast as possible. I-80 was pretty good on through Illinois. Had sections that were a bit bumpy, but compared to the travel yesterday, it was a much welcome improvement.
Turned North on 380 and went through Cedar Rapids. The way was not bad at all.
But, at the KOA, I filled my 35 gallon water tank in the bed of my truck, and it sits directly over the axle of the truck. I think the extra weight, weight with the trailer hitched was just enough, we could still feel every bump in the road! Maybe not so "bumpy", more like bouncy. Some spots were pretty bounch and had a few moments of porpusing. Slowed down of course.
FYI, that section of road through Cedar Rapids has photo electronic speed enforcement. I was aware of it, because I got a ticket in the mail from them several years ago. I have a Tom Tom, and was really impressed that my Tom Tom set off a warning about photo speed enforcement, stating 1/4 mile ahead, then started tracking down... 1000 feet, 500 feet, and so on.
So onward on our path, through Waterloo, Iowa, and actually, ALL of Iowa roads we traveled were pretty good. Ended up on I-35 North bound, and after all the bouncing in Illinois, it was like riding on glass! No bouncing, smooth, comfortable. I tooled right along at 60 mph.
Crossed over the Minnesota state line and now stopped at Alberta Lea at Myre-Big Island State Park for the night. Got all set up, unhitched the trailer, toured around the State Park and had supper at the Iron Skilled down the road.
Pooped again! But thank-goodness road were much better.
Today being Sunday, we stopped at a grocery store in Illinois this morning and picked up a few thing. We happened to be in the alcohol isle they had taped off. Kind of unusual seeing that, but signs said, No Alcohol Sales on Sunday. Kind of threw us for a loop again. We ended up walking through the aisle anyway, and laughed after we got through it, making comments to each other ...
"Well, I suppose if it was wrong to walk through that aisle on Sunday, we've got nothing to worry about. If the state still has no budget, I suppose the state police aren't getting paid either and probably not working, so no one around to arrest us!"
We both laughed and I think folks around us probably thought we were nuts! (well, we kind of were. We sure had fun though).
So then, back on the highways, and we made it through the entire state and never saw a single police car anywhere in 2 days of driving through. Very weird, very weird indeed.
Then, we crossed over into Iowa, and must have seen a dozen police cars with people pulled over in the opposite lanes! Still driving just 60 mph, we were well under the speed limit.
So, there's day two update of the status of the road! Tomorrow we will be in South Dakota on I-90. Staying at Mitchell over night and then on to Mt. Rushmore on Tuesday, the 4th where we'll be honkered down for a few days.
Indiana STILL has horrible roads!
