Today is the first day of our road trip to Florida, where we will get on the Packer cruise. We left early this morning and had a fairly uneventful trip through the northern half of Illinois. We had lunch at the Bob Evans in Bloomington, since you can't find that restaurant in Wisconsin. We stopped at Clinton Lake State Park for a hike and got on a smaller highway that was far more interesting than the freeway. We drove on a bridge over Clinton Lake and then passed through a number of small towns, then we got back on the freeway and took another hiking break at Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park on the shores of Rend Lake. It had been very windy at Clinton Lake, but it was much more pleasant by Rend Lake, and we saw lots of deer, some blooming daffodils, some curly grass, and a flock of large, beautiful birds flying in eerie silence above us. They made such beautiful patterns that I made two short movies of them. We stopped in Metropolis and saw the giant statue of Superman, and we had dinner at the Huddle House, since that restaurant is only in the South. The downtown of Metropolis was surprisingly dead for 7:15 in the evening. Now we are just outside of Nashville. More updates to come.
Here are a couple of pictures from today: the curly grass by Rend Lake and the giant Superman statue in Metropolis.
And here is a short movie of the beautiful birds flying. They were very large and white with black wings and long necks, and I think they might have been cranes except cranes are usually quite loud, and these birds were completely silent. Anyone know what they are?
Famous Hat
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