North Carolina Bound: Summer 2010-- Part 8

Gas in Terre Haute was $2.69. I really hate driving US-41/US-150 through Terre Haute and especially once you get to the area north and south of the interstate. This has to be the most stoplights ever assembled in one place and I always manage to catch the vast majority of them.. It's tradition, you know. I would REALLY welcome a bypass around the old T-H. (And also one around Evansville, Indiana, would be appreciated.

I don't know if this is a local thing or an Indiana State University thing, but I saw several pickup trucks and even a car with exhaust coming out of vertical pipes and no tail pipes, much like what you see on 18-wheelers. The car was a BMW and very may have been diesel. For that matter, the trucks might have been diesel as well.

Is this the next "Big Thing" for vehicles?

US-41/US-150 is called the Dixie Bell Road on this stretch. I even saw a school and a shopping plaza with that name.

South of T-H there is an original Stuckey's, but the last time I stopped there, the owners apparently were letting the place unfortunately run down.

Farther south, there are lots of large fruit and vegetable stands, the most impressive being called the Big Peach.

Starting to Get a Bit Tired. --RoadDog