WashPa at last

Odometer reading: 40226

It was snowy today, but we went slow and got here uneventfully.

The Eagle Has Landed!

We are in Cincinnati!

Odometer reading: 39941

I’ve been locked inside your heart-shaped box…

Bugs, naps, Cincinnati: 71

I couldn’t muster the strength to stay conscious through Indianapolis. Thus, I missed the beautiful Indiana and Ohio scenery from 50 miles outside Indianapolis to 71 miles outside Cincinnati. That’s right, only 71 more miles in today’s driving!!!

I woke up once to change sides, and I thought it was raining a little bit. it turns out Brett was just washing the windshield. Indiana does have bugs.

Odometer reading: 39875

Indianapolis, and light

Odometer reading: 39776

We’re about 50 miles away from Indianapolis, which puts us at less than 200 miles from Cincinnati. Awesome!

In Seattle and Bozeman it was dark by 4 pm. Down by Indianapolis it stays light almost a full hour longer. Longitude is cool.

Gas 10: Champaign, IL

It’s cold and windy here, but we’re well within 200 miles of Indianapolis, which is quite close to Cincinnati!

There is a Jimmy John’s at this Shell Station! This is the best food we’ve had since leaving Bozeman!

Brett & I are both sick and tired of music.

Brett is back behind the wheel.

Odometer reading: 39706

Gas 9 - Williamsburg, IA

Odometer: 39434

Windiest place ever. A little dog at the gas station blew sideways a bit as he ran over to me. Sadly, he didn’t blow away.

Iowa is windy

It’s true. The grass is doing all it can to suck it up and stay in the ground.

Some people just weren’t cut out for life on the road.

Toniiiiiight….toniiight…tonight

Good morning Des Moines

We’re about to leave Motel 6 in Des Moines, Iowa. We expect that it is about an 8 hour trip to Cincinatti. If Goldberg could move faster in the shower, we’d be gone by now. It took an hour’s worth of hitting snooze to get either of us up. 1296 mile days can wear a man down! Plus, it turns out our southerly route was 159 miles longer than our original northerly one. We can only continue by telling ourselves that surely the northern roads were bad, and that we actually saved time (and white knuckles).

I imagine we’ll get moving without a formal breakfast, and then grab bagels or something when we stop for gas.

No lyrics yet today…

Des Moines: Stopping for the night

Odometer reading: 39336

Location: Motel 6

Condition: tired.

Sugar high

Some of our astute readers noticed that the times seemed to be off by an hour for our posts during the first few days of this trip. It’s true, I had a setting wrong. Eastern time is apparently GMT-5 and not GMT-4. Actually, I’ll bet it’s a daylight savings time thing, but I don’t care to deal with it right now. I’m not going to spend the time fixing the old ones. You’ll just have to adapt. The times will be accurate, Eastern Standard Time, from now on. And in fact, the last dozen posts or so have also had the correct time. I just didn’t get bored enough to talk about it until now.

Odometer reading: 39245

Brett remains sane enough to drive, surprisingly.

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