We’ve spent Day Three driving across Ohio and Indiana – crazy exciting. We saw some corn, and more corn, and some factories… but there was a lot of nice shoreline. We stopped off at Mt Baldy (part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore) for an hour or so in the afternoon. It’s pretty cool to see again. You walk on this trail through the woods for a few minutes, and then suddenly you’re confronted by this giant wall of sand. I suppose it’s not really that tall (200 ft maybe), but it’s still spectacular. We went down to the beach and were able to find a nice spot sans tween campers and jet skis. If it weren’t for the incessant deer flies, I’d say it was a perfect little spell at the beach. It was really hot, but the water was freezing. I went under and my lungs seized up and my muscles spazzed out. It was pretty awesome. Laika was diggin’ it, but the flies kept biting her in the bum and the legs, so she rolled around in the sand and got it all in her face and deep in her fur. That made for an awesomely sandy backseat. Oh well.
The drive will end in North Chicago at Sam’s sister’s house. Unfortunately, she just left for Rome, but lucky for us her husband is still around. Perhaps there is deep dish pizza in my future… More later.Today’s soundtrack:
Lindstrom and Prinse Thomas – 2
Leo Kotke – Instrumentals
Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil
Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
Rolling Stones – Beggar’s Banquet
Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
The Kinks – Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire
And my favorite quote of the day: “Did you fart? Oh no that’s just Gary.” - Sam
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