Day 1: May 30, 2022 To Missouri Comment via blog |
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I began my journey on expressways but decided to drive a little National Road on the other side of Indianapolis. |
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Because it was a holiday, I called ahead to make sure the Oasis Diner would be open. When I got there, the outside deck looked inviting but I headed inside where I had the counter all to myself. I went with the Quaker Breakfast. The cheese grits were an elective with the other choices, mush and oatmeal, decidedly more Quakery. |
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I drove a couple of old bits of US-40, each with a bridge, that the current alignment has bypassed. The field of cressleaf groundsel (a.k.a., butterweed) was on US-40 between the two. There are many fields filled with the bright yellow plant this time of year. |
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I don't recall ever seeing Champ, the mascot of Great Dane trailer
manufacturer, before. It was moved here from the corporate headquarters
in Savannah, GA, about four years ago. I guess it's possible that I
haven't been by here since then. I do recall seeing -- and photographing
-- the Clabber Girl sign at Terre Haute many times.
Just beyond the big sign, I noticed something gleaming through the trees at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. This was the first time I've seen the shiny sculpture but that doesn't rule out it having been there for years. |
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My most recent visit to Casey, IL, was in October of 2019. There is online
evidence that the giant bookworm appeared at the library well before that
but I seem to have missed it. The rows of signs beyond the worm form a
StoryWalk©. It is a fundraising project and
one panel contains a QR code that links to
here. The current story is
""A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee".
The World's Largest Teeter-Totter was definitely here in 2019. I even walked on it then, but it was locked in place and did not teeter. Today there was an attendant on duty and the place was rocking. |
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Presumedly for Memorial Day, Greenup had a big U.S. flag suspended over downtown. Just beyond town, a modern covered bridge crosses the Embarras River. The road was blocked a short distance beyond that. I took the hint and moved to the expressway. |
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I left expressways in Saint Louis for the sole purpose of reaching Ted Drewes for some frozen custard. I feared a ninety degree Memorial Day would result in a record breaking crowd but it was just the normal six-deep at every window crowd. The lines moved quickly and I soon found happiness in a coconut Concrete. |
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