Friday - Ohio to Nebraska

Here is a picture of Kurt driving and of the Illinois state line.
We are a little more refreshed this morning-thanks to a good night of sleep in an Ohio Rest Area and air conditioning. :)
Still got a early start knowing we had to go around Chicago-- and today we did just that- went around Chicago for 20 miles on surface streets. We were lucky though- there was a 5-mile and growing backup on I-80- and we heard about it on the CB about just in time to pull off the freeway. It took us about 45 minues to drive around but we know we would have been stopped for several hours otherwise. We practically had the freeway to ourselves when we got back on it.
Today was a long day of driving- 778 miles-- it helps when it is so flat and the states allow trucks to go 65 mph. We finished Ohio, crossed Indiana, Entered Illinois on the city streets, crossed Illlinois and Iowa and made it into Nebraska. Whew.