There was no breakfast at the Rodeway Inn, so I headed out early and had a GREAT Breakfast at a Cracker Barrel down the road. I hit Indiana at 7:10
Illinois at 10:17
and some fun signs in Illinois:
I'm surprised - gas is cheaper out here:
Crossed over the Mississippi River around noon:
A nice rest stop in Iowa:
Ouch Ouch Ouch - it feels like I'm A LOT FARTHER ALONG than just halfway!!!
Heading down the road:
It must be because of the rains/flooding here in the Midwest, but right now there is GREEN EVERYWHERE:
I had a nice stop at the Des Moines Art Center:
A Patron named A.H. Blank probably should not have given his name to a gallery:
it might give the wrong impression:
There was a Rodin, Andy Warhol, Georgia O'Keefe, but my 3 favorites are:
Childe Hassam - "Bridge in Snow (Brooklyn Bridge in Winter)", ca. 1894 oil :
Edward Hopper - "Automat", 1927 oil:
taken at an angle, because of the glass-glare.
Roy Lichtenstein - "The Great Pyramid", 1969 oil:
Back on the road - more signs:
And finally into Nebraska at 5:30
After dinner out, good night to another great day:
WOW - Thank you God for this wonderful adventure day! (although it was another LONG ONE - 740 miles)
I like starting the morning off listening to books-on-tape. William Gibson (my sci-fi author from last year's trip) wrote another trilogy (known as the Blue Ant trilogy [Hubertus Bigend]): Pattern Recognition (2003), Spook Country (2007), and Zero History (2010). Today I started with "Pattern Recognition", cd 1 and 2:
Then Music for today was albums from an mp3 cd I burned back in 2000:
The Pretenders - Pretenders, 1980 debut album
Garland Jeffreys - American Boy & Girl, 1979
Carly Simon - Anticipation, 1971
Yes - Close to the Edge, 1972
various artists - The Concert for Bangladesh, 1971 triple album
The J. Geils Band - Anthology: Houseparty, 1993 double album
WOW - 38 songs on 2 cds!!
Peter Allen - Bi-Coastal, 1980
James Gang - Rides Again, 1970
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