Our Location:
Countryside Campground, Gibson City, Illinois
We left later this morning as we didn’t have far to go, we even stopped to put in a little time so we wouldn’t arrive too early. The Walmart at Salem, IL was an okay stop but if we stayed again I would park against the back curb not in the lines.
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| Effingham water tower and some very pretty blossoms. |
We rolled out at 8:30 am heading back to I-57N. We stopped three times, 2 rest areas, which are nice and we would definitely consider them as an overnight stop in the future and we stopped once for fuel near Champaign. Diesel was $3.99 per gallon. That was the lowest price we’ve seen today. It is interesting how gasoline prices haven’t varied too much from deep in Texas to here but diesel is up at least $0.50 to almost $.100 per gallon.
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| Our first rest area stop. |
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| Wide spots here. |
Today’s travel was easy, the roads were very good, lots of places to stop and only 1 slowdown that lasted 15 minutes but we kept the tires rolling. We travelled 162 miles/261 km, we used about 11 gallons/42 litres of diesel, we travelled for approximately 4 hours, keeping our speed about 57 mph/92 km. That puts us about 15 mpg. We like that.
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| Rest area #2 |
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| Time to cut the grass. |
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| You can see with the door open, these spots aren’t as big as the other rest area |
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We travelled I-57N most of the way, with less than 20 miles on IL-9 and S. Sangamon before arriving at our current feet down location. We have discovered that not all of the inside plugs work. I have tested all GFI plugs, thrown all of the breakers, checked all of the fuses and have decided to wait until we get home and ask nephew Jason to look at it. Having an electrician in the family is a good thing.
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| This purple is everywhere in the fields. |
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| IL-9 is a nice drive. |
Until next time……
Take care, stay safe,
Deb
