A Five State Day

On the fifth day of our trip home we got underway around 8:30. We had to wait for the campground to open to pay for our night. It was almost 9:00 pm when we pulled in the night before and the office was closed. 

The plan for the day was to cover over 800 kilometers and cross Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

The day was misty and it drizzled on and off for most of the morning. We traveled through a lot of small to medium size towns in Illinois until we reached Chicago. It was a pleasant drive and there were some interesting sites to see. 

When driving through Illinois we were stopped at a traffic light and a truck pulled up beside us. Rick spotted a dog in the front seat and yelled "bark" This is the look he gave him back.

Chicago! Holy traffic!! It took about 2 and a half hours to go through the maze of roads and highways and it was not even rush hour.

Once we cleared Chicago and entered Indiana we went through a stretch of highway where it seemed there was just us and transport trucks. 

Another case of mistaken song lyrics.

I took this picture of an Indiana swamp, immediately thinking of "Mary Jane's Last Dance" by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers but it turns out the song does not mention an Indiana Swamp. Oh well, it is still a nice picture.

The traffic eventually thinned and we could relax a little bit. It was exhausting though and so we drove into Ohio and decided to call it a night in Defiance Ohio, 100 miles short of our goal.