Back home, where it’s 78F with 80%RH this morning. I’m sure as it heats up the RH number will go down…. I sure hope so anyway.
Good to be home.
We have a really great interstate highway system, mostly for free (except tax money, of course) that could never have been built privately despite what the libertarians might say. There are state to state, and even county differences, but it all works together. The last 2-300 miles of my journey were on US and TX roads and the differences were stark, even when the design was similar.
I’m amazed by the number of truckers who appear to be driving tired and falling asleep. I’m amazed by the number of smashed up guardrails that haven’t been fixed in Arkansas. I think the two probably go together. Arkansas rest stops look and smell like prison latrines. Everywhere else, they were nicely designed, and well maintained.
Thank old white men for satellite radio. I’d have lost my mind without it. It’s a great distraction and a welcome diversion.
There is a lot of great music available from the last 75 years. Not so much from the last 5.
There is a LOT of Illinois in the long direction. Almost all of it farms. The cities are smaller than you’d think, and farther apart than your mental model might suggest. They are islands surrounded by a sea of farmland.
There is a lot of poverty in the rural areas as well as the sort of city neighborhoods that get bulldozed for highway projects.
In a couple of weeks I’ll be back in Chicago for the Celebration of Life, or whatever we’re gonna call it. Until then, it’s good to be home.
nick