July 28 - Day 45 On the road to Joliet

We left Streetsboro at 8:00 this morning on our way to Joliet, Illinois for a one night stopover on our way to Sturgis, South Dakota. As we soon learned, the entire route on I80/90 is a toll road - from Ohio into Illinois. I don't know how much the toll was, but I feel a bit angry that the Interstate system is paid for by federal gasoline taxes and then we have to pay additional tolls to use parts of it. Not only that, but in the main, the road is not in very good condition. Most expansion joints give you a jolt, and there are numerous potholes and bad joints at bridges and overpasses. In short, it was not a very pleasant drive.

At the same time, the service plazas in Ohio are very nice, and they also provide a number of facilities for motorhomes - 30/50 amp hookups, a source of drinking water and a dump station. I imagine there is a charge for the electricity, but the water and sewer seemed to be free. Quite a surprise.

We arrived at Leisure Lake RV Park in Joliet, Illinois around 3:00 eastern time (2:00 central time - one hour earlier for me tomorrow morning!). The campground is quite nice, but seems to be running on a shoestring. It is a "membership" park and doesn't take reservations. However, they accept Escapees, Good Sam and some others memberships as equivalent to their "members."

Our site faces the lake, which is nice, but I can't get satellite contact due to a big tree, and there is no cable. Oh well, another night using the antenna - and getting some "strange" channels (lots of religion for sure). But it's only for one night.

Tomorrow we are off to Austin, Minnesota for two nights at the Beaver Tails RV Park. While there, we plan to visit the "world famous" Spam Museum (Hormel is located there). Until then, Cheers!

John, Suz and Dixie the Wonderdog