Category Archives: Trip Reports

Mar 13

Lower Midwest Trip Day 10, the roadgeek part

Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 5 — It’s a good day when you can travel the entire length of a US highway before noon. US 223 is only 48 miles long. It is signed north-south (as a branch of US 23) … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Comments Off on Lower Midwest Trip Day 10, the roadgeek part
Mar 12

Lower Midwest Trip Day 9

Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 4 — I drove in downtown Detroit, and around Detroit, and survived, clinching the entire portion of I-94 east of the Missouri River* along the way. Route: I-280, I-75, M-39, I-94, I-75, I-375, (loop Woodward to Michigan-Cass … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Comments Off on Lower Midwest Trip Day 9
Mar 11

Lower Midwest Trip Day 8

Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at 10:31 AM by Jeff

Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 3 — Although my start and end points were relatively close to each other, I stretched this day out to its maximum and squeezed in a museum visit along the way. Route: I-271, I-71, US 224, US … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Comments Off on Lower Midwest Trip Day 8
Mar 07

Lower Midwest Trip Day 7

Posted on Friday, March 7, 2014, at 10:46 AM by Jeff

Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 2 — A good chunk of the morning was spent getting my car’s oil changed, but this provided an excuse to drive a rarity of the US interstate system — an unsigned, suffixed route — I-480N, connecting … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Comments Off on Lower Midwest Trip Day 7
Mar 06

Adventures in pizza shopping

Posted on Thursday, March 6, 2014, at 10:24 AM by Jeff

Beachwood, Ohio, Oct. 1 — With a two-night stay and a refrigerator, I decided it would be a good night for pizza. Using the GPS, I called the number for the nearest Pizza Hut. I’m in Ohio. I’m calling a … Continue reading →

Posted in Trip Reports | Comments Off on Adventures in pizza shopping
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 →

Posted in Trip Reports | Comments Off on Lower Midwest Trip Day 6
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 →

Posted in Trip Reports | Comments Off on Lower Midwest Trip Day 5
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 →

Posted in Trip Reports | Comments Off on Lower Midwest Trip Day 4
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 →

Posted in Sports, Trip Reports | Comments Off on A Midwesterner experiences an SEC game
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 →

Posted in Trip Reports | Comments Off on Lower Midwest Trip Day 3