In June 16, (Day 11 on the trip), Denny Gibson was in Illinois on the Yellowstone Trail., but we failed to connect, but over the telephone agreed to get together on his way back.
The Yellowstone Trail in Illinois runs through the Chicago area as that part of its 3,719 length. From Chicago, it runs along the Lake Michigan shoreline through Evanston, Highland Park, Lake Forest, North Chicago, Waukegan, Zion and Winthrop Harbor before exiting the state to Wisconsin. Much of the route ran along Sheridan Avenue along Chicago's North Shore, and that is a beautiful drive in its own right.
Some mighty rich and mighty poor folks live along Sheridan Avenue which runs from Chicago north to Wisconsin.
Then, it goes through Wisconsin to Minnesota, South and North Dakota, Montana, the panhandle of Idaho to the state of Washington. That is essentially the route that US Highway- 12 takes from Indiana to Washington state. It is also a road I would like to drive some day, but I sure couldn't stay on the road as long as Denny.
When I got together with him this past Saturday, that was his 34th day. After two weeks on the road, I am always ready to go home.
But he is, as the truckers say, a long-hauler.
He makes sure to eat at little mom and pop places and stay at mom and pop motels whenever possible. My idea of traveling there. He also has a habit of stopping at most every craft brew place he can find along the way.
You can go to his trip by looking up Denny Gibson.
--RoadDog
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