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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Springfield Spring 2013: Wet Flooded Drive

APRIL 19TH

Pretty much every creek, stream and river we passed the whole way down was at flood stage, especially the Illinois River at Morris and the Vermilion River at Pontiac.  At one point outside of Woodstock, we even had to ford a stream.

Weather alternated between pellet hail, wind-driven snow, rain and those ever-threatening clouds.  And, it was mighty cold.  We like to froze at the Standard Oil station in Odell.  Plus, it was cold getting out of the car and taking short walks into the Old Log Cabin restaurant in Pontiac and the Dixie in McLean.

Once in Springfield, we went to the Lake Springfield Tavern on the Stevenson Road (Route 66 by-pass) where we saw that the second he-whose-name-must-not-be-mentioned suspect from Monday had been captured.

Saw a band at the Curve Inn and ended up back at the hotel's South Side Pub.

Some Spring we're having.

Neither Rain, Nor Snow....  --RoadDog

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