I am currently in Chicago, home of the highest gasoline prices in the nation (I believe). Just a week ago I was in Southeastern Missouri purchasing gas at 3.36.9 per gallon. Around the corner from this home is a BP station that advertizes regular at 4.45.9 per gallon. I know the difference has to be local taxes, and I know I'm not supposed to be political here, but one can't help but wonder, what, in the land of Rahm Emmanual, are the politicians doing to the people here??? This is just criminal.
But I digress. Northern Illinois has been a treat. A visit to the Rock Island Armory and national Cemetery turned out to be one of the most beautiful, pristine and meditative experience of the trip to date. Yesterday's foray EVERYWHERE, it seemed, took me past the Great Lakes Naval Training Center just north of Chicago where I spent five month after boot camp learning my trade for the navy. Looks somehow smaller today.
I began yesterday in Woodstock at the vast northwestern reaches of the Chicago suburbs and made my way through Waukegan, Buffalo Grove, Skokie, Wheaton and, finally, near the Indiana border, Lansing. What made it longer was my desire to stay off the vast array of toll ways the region is littered with...another thank you to the local government. By the way...I can't think of a single toll road in the entire state of Colorado, other than E470 which is easy to bypass and relatively cheap.
Today I move from scouting the 'burbs to moving into the heart of the city and visit as many as five memorials scattered throughout downtown Chicago...wish me luck.
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