Drove through Ohio and Indiana (not much to say) and past Chicago. Even on Sunday, Chicagoans drive like lunatics--makes the bats-outa-hell look like drivers ed teachers. On to Iowa. The rest stops in Iowa are top notch, even boasting wireless internet. Who knew?
Day 3, subtitled: How to get terrible gas milage.
Here is my primer on taking a reasonably efficient car and turning it into something almost as environmentally friendly as a Hummer, in a few easy steps:
1. Stuff your car with at least 1000 pounds of junk. Any kind of junk will do.
2. Attach stuff to the outside of your car to increase wind resistance.
3. Drive as fast as you can (go toward the liiiiight)
4. Uphill
5. Into a category 4-5 headwind (this sign is being modest).
At least I checked the tire pressure before we left. I have photographic evidence:
Other items of note:
1. Fall is late in America this year. We are getting the fall colors we missed on our New England trip a few weeks ago.
2. Nebraska is pretty. Don't laugh.
3. Iowa is not flat, and it has a formidable west wind. Karin, I hope your bike ride across Iowa was west to east.
4. All hotel rooms smell like cheap deodorizer.
5. Oregon is REALLY far from DC.
That's all the news. Good night from Rawlins, WY, wherever that is.
