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Showing posts with label Huntly Il. Main Street Strangler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Huntly Il. Main Street Strangler. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
2019 Route 66 Trip-- Part 8: Tropics, No Bonanza, Palms, Horseshoes and Traffic
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
We had another rainstorm this morning. Seems like we either had a storm or had storms threatened this whole trip. As a matter of fact, this was the same situation in the five days at the Indy 500. This has been one really rainy spring.
Took I-55 north to Williamsville then drove 66 north to Lincoln. The Mill wasn't open so drove to Bonanza Steak House for lunch, past the newly reinstalled and relit Tropics neon sign at the McDonald's. Glad to see it back. But, real sad to see that Bonanza was no longer in business.
Went to Atlanta and ate at the Palms Grill, which has gotten quite a bit more expensive than I remember it, but the food is still high quality and plentiful. I had a pulled pork horseshoe and could have gotten by with a ponyshoe.
Drove I-55 the rest of the way to Dwight as we were hoping to get through Yorkville and Huntley before rush hour. Turns out their rush hours start at 2:30 and with all the stoplights along Illinois Highway 47 it took a real long time to drive through those two towns. Making it worse was the cross traffic was much favored, causing huge backups.
Finally got home after 1,100 miles on the trip.
--RoadGladToBeBackHome
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
N.C. Summer Trip 2015-- Part 10: Home
JULY 31ST, fRIDAY
Left Richmond at 8 a.m. and drove a little ways before stopping at Hardee's off I-70 and had their new porkchop, egg and cheese biscuit. Mighty good.
Drove right through Indianapolis with no delays as I was there at 9:14. Then took I-465 to I-77 and then to Illinois. Bought the cheapest gas of the trip at Crawfordsville, Indiana, for $2.09.
Then, Il-47 north to Woodstock, stopping in Huntley at Wal-Mart to check out their nursery for clearance plants. Also caught the Huntley Main Street Strangler which took about 15 minutes to get through and led to another big back up north of town at the Il-176 stoplight. Then, it took 15 minutes to go from US-14 to the first stop light in Woodstock (about 3/4 a mile).
Good to get home after a 2,053 mile trip.
--RoadDog
REDNECK COMPUTER TERMS: DIGITAL-- The art of counting your fingers.
Left Richmond at 8 a.m. and drove a little ways before stopping at Hardee's off I-70 and had their new porkchop, egg and cheese biscuit. Mighty good.
Drove right through Indianapolis with no delays as I was there at 9:14. Then took I-465 to I-77 and then to Illinois. Bought the cheapest gas of the trip at Crawfordsville, Indiana, for $2.09.
Then, Il-47 north to Woodstock, stopping in Huntley at Wal-Mart to check out their nursery for clearance plants. Also caught the Huntley Main Street Strangler which took about 15 minutes to get through and led to another big back up north of town at the Il-176 stoplight. Then, it took 15 minutes to go from US-14 to the first stop light in Woodstock (about 3/4 a mile).
Good to get home after a 2,053 mile trip.
--RoadDog
REDNECK COMPUTER TERMS: DIGITAL-- The art of counting your fingers.
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