Author Archives: Jeff

Mar 05

Lower Midwest Trip Day 6

Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at 10:46 AM by Jeff

Beachwood, Ohio, Oct. 1 — It was a great day for a drive with the leaves just starting to turn color. I clinched I-90 in Ohio and closed the gap between central South Dakota and Albany…a clinch that would last … Continue reading →

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Mar 04

Lower Midwest Trip Day 5

Posted on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at 10:41 AM by Jeff

Sharon, Pennsylvania, Sept. 30 — Despite multiple promises skies would clear up and temps would rise, it didn’t get above 64 until after 4, and no sun until 4:50 and then still mostly cloudy. [64 degrees sounds really good right … Continue reading →

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Mar 03

Lower Midwest Trip Day 4

Posted on Monday, March 3, 2014, at 10:30 AM by Jeff

Columbus, Ohio*, Sept. 29 — The morning was great, but the afternoon would bring the first rain of the vacation. However, a planned museum stop would limit my time driving in it. Route: US 27, KY 9, I-275, KY 471 … Continue reading →

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Mar 01

A Midwesterner experiences an SEC game

Posted on Saturday, March 1, 2014, at 10:20 AM by Jeff

Lexington, Kentucky, Sept. 28 — I’m on my way to my first Southeastern Conference game, and I’m feeling a little underdressed. As a born and bred Midwesterner, the entire concept of dressing up for a football game is utterly alien. … Continue reading →

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Feb 28

Lower Midwest Trip Day 3

Posted on Friday, February 28, 2014, at 10:34 AM by Jeff

Lexington, Kentucky, Sept. 28 — After two big days of travel, today was half history, half football. Route: KY 61 to Hodgenville and US 31E to Lincoln Home site, then back; Bluegrass Parkway with detour on 31E/62 to 62/150 junction; … Continue reading →

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Feb 27

Lower Midwest Trip Day 2

Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014, at 11:11 AM by Jeff

Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Sept. 27 — I have now been in every county in Illinois, and clinched I-70 from Denver to Maryland (temporarily), but the achievements didn’t come without a slip-up. Route: I-70, IL 130, US 40, Cumberland Road (past covered … Continue reading →

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Feb 26

Lower Midwest Trip Day 1

Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at 8:10 PM by Jeff

Altamont, Illinois, Sept. 26 — My second major trip of 2013 covered the states and parts of states in the Old Northwest Territory that I hadn’t visited in July, along with Kentucky. Along the way, I clinched I-70 in two states … Continue reading →

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Feb 26

US 30 speed limit in Glidden changed

Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at 12:54 AM by Jeff

KCIM-AM has a short blurb about a speed study in Glidden with a surprise ending.

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Feb 24

That Metaphor Isn’t What You Think It Is Dept., Net Neutrality edition

Posted on Monday, February 24, 2014, at 12:17 PM by Jeff

Wired: If you want to send a file from San Francisco to New York, the data will pass through a few different networks along the way, just as you would need to use multiple highways in order to drive from … Continue reading →

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Feb 24

Private school building in Peosta demolished

Posted on Monday, February 24, 2014, at 11:25 AM by Jeff

St. John the Baptist school and rectory were torn down last week, reports KWWL.

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