IL Day 45 Friday July 22, 2022, moved from Newton IA to Nature's Way RV in N. Utica, IL
This will be the last night on the road .Any "wrap up" will come after we get home and settled in the house. --PHOTOS PENDING
The weather had some black clouds in it today ,but as the day warmed up, one could see the long, drifting dark streak of rain, trying to reach the ground but not ever doing so. At one point on the highway, there was a spray coming up, but there was no sign of rain before or after.?? After awhile the clouds disappearedand the sky was blue. Another great weather day. 77 F most of the day.
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| Foreboding clouds with no rain |
We made four stops on this 235 mile drive into west central Illinois.The main difference was in the heighth of the corn crop. It appers that Illinois corn is about 1-2 feet higher than the Iowa corn. Someone can dispute that but this photo might convince you . Certainly the Il corn is an constant feature of the landscape., We did not see any of the large elevators like we did in the west, and there are more "tree lots" than before and of course as a friend already pointed out, it is greener the further east you go.
We drove by the many venues of this part ofthe country (Iowa and Illinois) as in the President Hoover Museum, Amana, Pioneer Village, Grinell, and others.
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| some of the Iowa wind generators |
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| good advice! |
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| the tall Illinois corn |
Ruth and I had one really good lunch at a Cracker barrel in Springfield Iowa. Did you now that Cracker Barrel is now serving alcohol? Seems that it is not a big item but, they started that about a year ago (Father's Day). At that restaurant our server was a handsome lad , who had just finished his BS in physical therapy and was staying in school (while working) and going to get his DPT ("doctorate") in three years..Good Luck Isaac.
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| Last campground at Utica IL |
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| Worker and scenery near Iowa City Iowa |
The campground in North Utica was a former KOA and has some great features to it. One, for us, is that there is a great "margin" all around the park, and a stream running through it. It was said that an expert birder this spring, counted 109 species ofbirds in a week of birding. It might be true, as I spent one hour in an area near the creek and came up with 13 birds and three ("heard"), so it must be true. It is a lovely spot with many trees and some open areas.
I finished my fish, applesauce and one corn bread , for supper ,as Ruth passed as i twas quite filling at lunch (the egg plate for her). So that was day 45 with on more day to go.
I hope you have enjoyed being along and maybe learned a few new things as well as some old. I'll let you know when the next edition of "Stromboli's Rolling Log" is published.-Jim
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