Day 7: April 5, 2026 Happy Birthday to Me Comment via blog

Prev Next

A little east of Ottawa, IL, I came upon these bug infested trees. Google Maps identifies the resting spot of the car behind the tree in the first picture but in the clear in the second, as Volvo Island. A rather secure parking spot, I would think.

In Joliet, IL, US-6 meets up with some other well known highways.

Near Hobart, IL, I thought I was pulling over to photograph just another faux classic gas station, but I could see through the windows that this was something much more. Clearly the building's occupant likes old Buicks, but I've yet to find more info about the place.

Theater in the round at The Barns at Nappanee.

At some point during the day, I determined that there was a promising restaurant and several promising motels in Kendallville, IN, and decided to end my day and my trip there. However, when I actually reached, Kendallville, I discovered that the promising restaurant had apparently been a figment of my imagination. The promising motels were not, so I was able to bed down there, and I settled on a place just a few miles south for my birthday dinner. Taps Pub has a bunch of pool tables and ash trays on the bar, where I sat next to two of the more foulmouthed locals I've ever encountered, but it did produce a very good mushroom burger. I have no complaints about the lack of a fancy birthday dinner. I'm just happy to have the birthday.

[Prev] [Site Home] [Trip Home] [Next]