Kendallville, IN

Well, here we are in beautiful, downtown Kendallville (well, not exactly downtown, but right on the outskirts).  Left Portage, WI in the rain and it rained all day log, sometimes harder than others, but I don't think we shut off the windshield wipers until we hit the Eastern Time Zone late this afternoon. 

Took I-39 south until we hit US 30 in Illinois and then headed east on that highway.  Countryside varied from farmland to subdivisions.  In some areas, it looked like they sprinkled house seed on the farms and it sprouted suburban homes!  US 30 twisted and turned through farms and the suburbs.  We passed Joliet, IL and then took US 6 because 30 started to take a decidedly southeasterly bend.  It's funny because we've been on US 6 whenever we pass through Tonopah, NV on our way to Las Vegas so it was kind of like re-visiting an old friend. 

As we came east on US 6, we came through a lot of Amish country in mid-state Indiana.  Some horse-drawn shays and a lot of furniture shops and quilt shops along the road.  Don't think they do much large-scale farming because they don't use power vehicles, just horses.  Guess they raise enough vegetables for their own use and some extra to sell, but no huge farms.

Because of the time change, we arrived in Kendallville early in the evening.  We wanted to finish the book we were listening to and when we hit the time zone change on US 6, there weren't a lot of options for lodging.  However, we lucked out - there was a Best Western here, as well as a Chevrolet dealer and a golf course.  So, we're going to spend Thursday here and get the car serviced, play golf, and just relax.  Then on Friday, we'll head over to Tim and Kathy's in Rochester.