2008 Thanksgiving Trip to NC-- Part 1

Taken from the old dictaphone while on the road.

November 11th-- Friday

Gas in Woodstock, Il at $2.10-$2.12, $2.10 in Huntley, $2 Stark's Corner, Elburn BP station $2.20 (always the most expensive along Il-47). Yesterday, filled up in Fox Lake for $2. Northern Il-47 always more expensive until you get to Morris. Sometimes also cheap in Yorkville. These are the lowest prices I've seen in a long time and never thought I'd see it this cheap again.

In Elburn, passed the Great Lakes Leadership Conference (Evangelical Church) which is located in the home of a former Lincoln Highway consul. I don't know why, but I always seem to time my drive through Elburn when a long freight train stops traffic. Tradition, I guess. South of town, I passed the old Lincoln Highway.

Il-47 is aligned with US-20, US-30, and US-6 st different parts.

The Il-47 construction has really paid off. Last winter, while driving it on the way to the Gulf Coast, almost ran through one of the two stop signs south of Huntley while trying to avoid the potholes, some of which had their own potholes.

Listening to Bob Stroud on WDRV (the DRIVE), as he was playing songs from 1970. "Ohio" by CSN, was about Kent State. At the start of 1970, I was a freshman at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb and pledging Delta Sigma Phi. I was living in Lincoln Hall and that was quite a time on campus after Kent State.

More. --RoadDog