Category Archives: Trip Reports

Mar 18

Lower Midwest Trip Day 11

Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at 10:44 AM by Jeff

Peru, Illinois, Oct. 6 — If I had to get a day when I spent half the time in pouring rain, this was it. The Ohio Turnpike was under construction, and the rain kept falling with one brief respite at … Continue reading →

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Mar 17

Photo number 25,000

Posted on Monday, March 17, 2014, at 10:21 AM by Jeff

Dyer, Indiana, Oct. 6, 2013 After adding my fall 2013 vacation pictures to iPhoto, and culling the bad, duplicate, and out of focus ones, this photo earned the designation as the 25,000th in my collection. It’s a good encapsulation of … Continue reading →

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Mar 14

Michigan football in the Big House

Posted on Friday, March 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 5 — It’s a cloudy, dreary day in the Midwest, raining early but then warm enough to keep the coat off. In other words, it’s midseason Big Ten football weather. After some early roadgeeking, I was … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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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