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North of Indianapolis, we heard a trucker on CB radio warn other truckers about a black alligator – the large tire strips you see along the highway. That’s the first time I’d head that term. Dave and I always called the tire snakes.

Next we passed a sign promoting thesquattingtoadband.com. I displayed the website ...

... on Friday November 7th and on into Mexico on Sunday November 9th. It will be at that time we will start our diary about what we find in Mexico. Hopefully we can get online enough to keep you up to date. I will post our itenery later.
Haste luego,
Dave and Lynne

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Crossing b*ck into Centr*l Time, we he*ded West to Elgin, Illinois. Ag*in, nothing incredibly exciting here. I w*s h*ppy to see th*t despite closing m*ny loc*tions in Florid*, *nd most recently in Boston, Ben****n's is still *live *nd well in the midwest. I dined on my beloved Turkey O'Toole *nd enjoyed * S*m Ad*ms Octoberfest. It w*s *lmost like being home *g*in... *lmost ...

Today was absolutely beautiful in Springfield; sunny and high 70s. The show only ran to 2:00 so we were able to get on the road pretty quickly. Got home just after 5:00.
Walked around the city a bit more this morning and checked out the State Capital building-very cool.
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... mode. Got home, unloaded the GTO and put her to bed, hopped in the truck and went over to Tom's house to get our dogs. Time to de-compress.
We weren't sure what to expect from this weekend, but it turned out even better than I could have planned for. Looks like I may have enough footage for a short DVD rather than just a YouTube spot. If ...

... probably have a more comfy ride anyway). A lot of guys come alone and hook up with new friends along the way. Again, there were a lot of families with these cool station wagons cruisin along like when we were kids in the pre-80s era when everyone did that for their summer vacation. Keep checking www.hotrod.com for info on next year's route. From what I understand ...

... Refugio (the church in which the program is housed) have decided that they will be allowing only Lutherans to work there, starting at the end of Morgan's time, in August; of course, this is something that the program cannot abide by, since I need to be most concerned with the qualifications of the person working in the program and not with their denomination. I am very saddened by this turn of events, but if this is the direction that their church is ...

Chicago. Near Wrigley Field. Tuesday morning. And the sun is shining... I learned something on the train. I learned that if you close your eyes around 10PM while sitting in a coach seat, and you keep them closed until dawn the next morning, you can pretend that you got a night's sleep. And your body will believe you for a while. Until you get to Chicago 4.5 hours late, until you ride the packed city bus with all your luggage through the city to the north Lake Shore Drive area where ...

... a few friends from work to rescue us from the hell that is Washington Dulles International Airport, but to no avail. I was trapped once again in the airport in which I had spent virtually every Friday afternoon for the past year and a half. Without any other options, we decided to spend the night in the airport. Apparently I wasn't done earning this free trip around the world.