When last heard from our intrepid travellers were in Bloomington, MN and heading home. Now ostensibly they had headed north to avoid Chicago. But those who know about these things realize that continuing on I94 takes one right through the heart of Chicago. Ha, they have a plan. As everyone knows, there is the southern route around tip of Chicago. But before we get there, today's quiz: It is a true/false question. Lake Iverson was named after Arne Iverson, an early Swedish settler who actually mapped many of the lakes in that part of Minnesota (no, not all 10,000)?
We head from Bloomington to Des Moines, Ia - only 233 miles and 3 1/2 hours. There we pick up I80 and head East to South Bend, In, totally bypassing Chicago. This portion of the trip is 412 miles, that we do in about 7 hours (due to construction).
If anyone is interested the route through Chicago from Sioux Falls to South Bend is about 695 miles. This day was so unexciting that there aren't even any pictures of rest areas.
But why South Bend? No not Notre Dame, but The South Bend Chocolate Co.
Anyway we eat again in Applebees and get to bed early.
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