This morning we connected with US 24 a few miles from our motel and continued on to Mt. Sterling, an old Midwest town, where we had breakfast at Renee's Place. Back on 24 for a few miles we turned southeast on State Road 125, which angles down into Springfield, the capital of Illinois. Once through Springfield (the downtown was deserted on a Sunday) we rode on I-72/US 36 for a half hour or so into Decatur, where US 36 splits off.
I promised Carol that she would see lots of corn, and rural Illinois did not disappoint. I suspect most of the corn is used for ethanol fuel.
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| That's a cornfield, in case you wondered |
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| And that's where the corn is stored before it becomes ethanol |
We continued on 36 and crossed the border into Indiana and stopped in Rockville for lunch. The town has a central square with brick streets around it, and we found the Jailhouse Cafe, which had good coffee and salads and sandwiches.
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| On the town square in Rockville, Indiana |
Back on 36 we immediately passed a restaurant/saloon, which had at least 50 Harleys parked around it. Outside of town we continued to see many Harleys riding west towards Rockville - probably a club poker run.
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| Indiana is not all corn fields |
US 36 was pleasant enough with rather slow 55 mph limit. The traffic became heavier as we neared Indianapolis - Carol pointed out that it was probably people returning home from a holiday weekend. Rather than riding through Indianapolis as I'd planned, we followed the US 36 directions onto I-465, a ring road that goes around the city. US 36 splits off on the east side, and we kept on it to Anderson, Indiana, where Carol splurged on a Best Western Plus - living large!
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