LazCon Miscellaneous Musings
clean!
with the early stop i got to take a shower before eating. and instead of ordering in i am eating “out” miss tina at chico’s in stockton made the trip worthwhile. laz
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the great eastern adventure
june 26 day 48 21 miles total 1,254 the great eastern adventure portion of my journey is dwindling away. i am only about 45 miles short of the mississippi river. called it early today after skipping around thunderstorms all day. the rain seemed to be spreading. seemed like a good Read more
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gravel and corn
june 25 day 47 27 miles total 1,233 this was a really challenging day. there was a lot of sand and gravel. the gravel road was the worst. hard packed dirt with loose gravels scattered across it mixed with stretches of plain old gravel. at this point the soles of Read more
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rockford
june 24 46 days 26 miles total 1,206 got a little late start this morning. my stomach has its own ideas sometimes. but once on the road i felt like i moved pretty steady. another beautiful day in friendly illinois. finished it all off walking thru downtown rockford. what a Read more
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seed corn
most of the corn i have been passing is feed corn for feeding livestock or making ethanol. today i have seen a lot of seed corn for creating hybrid seeds. two varieties of corn are planted in alternating rows. then when the corn tassels one kind has all the tassels Read more
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knee high by the 4th of july
june 23 day 45 26 miles total 1,180 i was sorry to have missed seeing much of anything in chicago (altho the chicago version of hash browns were fantastic and portillos all it was cracked up to be) but my first day in rural illinois was great. the last of Read more