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Friday, October 08, 2004
Day 50: July 25
We woke up at the rest stop early and would have had 5 hours to go down to Deer Creek; but we decided to skip it and save the gas money. So instead we had 2 days to get up to Clarkston MI - which wasn't so far. We took a look at the map and saw that the Indiana Dunes National Park was on our way and had decided to head there. I found a Flying J that was in Gary - right outsifde of Chicago - so that's where we were heading today. It's nice to have short drives and only be doing 2-3 hours a day - makes everything a little more relaxed. We also found a KOA about an hour and a half from the Dunes that had a hot tub and we were going to get there nice and early tommorrow. But back to today; we were going through Chicago towards Gary; I need to explain for those of you haven't stopped in Gary IN for an extended amount of time. Gary Indiana is not or should not ever be a destination - it is well known as the armpit of the country - just a very industrial city that has a very bad smell to it in general. Which is exactly why we had to stay at the Flying J there (plus I was needed the internet pretty bad by now). Anyway traffic was horrible in Chicago - it was a pain and all that just to get to Gary. When we arrived and found the Flying J - we realized that we were in the hood and were a little out of our element. The cashiers had told us to be safe when we got stuff in the store, that has happened a couple times - where they are almost warning you as you leave and implying that you shouldn't be here after dark. No problems though - there were a couple other RVs already there so we would be fine. Lots of gentlemen walking around down the block with bottles in bags - so we knew where we were. This Flying J just stunk also - it ended up giving us a headache. But the internet was up and running and I had the laptop going through the battery for nearly 8 straight hours. We were listening to a comedy radio station from Chicago - but I remember that it wasn't that funny at all. Not much else to say about Gary Indiana. It came complete with beggers and the stench to live up to it's armpit title. I had never actually ever stopped in Gary - we always just cruise through one way or the other on the ole interstate - where I94 meets and shares with I80. but this time I had to stop and be in Gary.
We woke up at the rest stop early and would have had 5 hours to go down to Deer Creek; but we decided to skip it and save the gas money. So instead we had 2 days to get up to Clarkston MI - which wasn't so far. We took a look at the map and saw that the Indiana Dunes National Park was on our way and had decided to head there. I found a Flying J that was in Gary - right outsifde of Chicago - so that's where we were heading today. It's nice to have short drives and only be doing 2-3 hours a day - makes everything a little more relaxed. We also found a KOA about an hour and a half from the Dunes that had a hot tub and we were going to get there nice and early tommorrow. But back to today; we were going through Chicago towards Gary; I need to explain for those of you haven't stopped in Gary IN for an extended amount of time. Gary Indiana is not or should not ever be a destination - it is well known as the armpit of the country - just a very industrial city that has a very bad smell to it in general. Which is exactly why we had to stay at the Flying J there (plus I was needed the internet pretty bad by now). Anyway traffic was horrible in Chicago - it was a pain and all that just to get to Gary. When we arrived and found the Flying J - we realized that we were in the hood and were a little out of our element. The cashiers had told us to be safe when we got stuff in the store, that has happened a couple times - where they are almost warning you as you leave and implying that you shouldn't be here after dark. No problems though - there were a couple other RVs already there so we would be fine. Lots of gentlemen walking around down the block with bottles in bags - so we knew where we were. This Flying J just stunk also - it ended up giving us a headache. But the internet was up and running and I had the laptop going through the battery for nearly 8 straight hours. We were listening to a comedy radio station from Chicago - but I remember that it wasn't that funny at all. Not much else to say about Gary Indiana. It came complete with beggers and the stench to live up to it's armpit title. I had never actually ever stopped in Gary - we always just cruise through one way or the other on the ole interstate - where I94 meets and shares with I80. but this time I had to stop and be in Gary.
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