US Highway 12

I am a big fan of US-12. Growing up in Palatine, I hit that road many of a time going to restaurants, Honey Hill, and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Plus there were all the trips back to visit Liz's parents who stilled lived in Palatine after we moved to Round Lake Beach.

After Liz's father died, her mom, Frances, lived in an apartment complex on US-12 in Arlington Heights for many years.

Now, we live in Spring Grove, Illinois, just a half mile from US-12. I never expected to live this far north along the highway and remember back in high school and college, driving through Spring Grove and thinking, "Man, is this place far away."

Now, we take US-12 (or Rand Road as it is known in the northwest suburbs) into Richmond, Illinois, and into Lake Geneva. We sometimes pick up Walworth County Highway H in Genoa City. This is the original 1926 route before today's expressway US-12 was built to Elkhorn.

This is a very scenic, country drive through the rolling hills of Wisconsin. Plus, entering Lake Geneva on Wells Street, there are many old mom and pop motels, including one with cottages.

That US-12, One Great Road. --RoadDog