Movin' West - Day 3 (Part I)

I had to call this Part I because I may post later.

Well, here we are in Joliet, IL, at the Empress Casino RV Park. It has been raining since about 12:30PM (it is now 5:35 Eastern time, 4:35 Central). The site we are sitting on has a concrete pad (thank GOD!). The water outside our door is about 1-1/2" deep, and it is raining heavily at this time. I am reluctant to take the dogs out for a walk because of the water - I'll have to carry them to higher ground (if there is any) to let them take care of business.

I had originally planned to travel another 50 miles or so further into IL to another campground, but it was raining so hard that it was difficult to see 100 feet in front of us on I-80, and there were soooooo many trucks!!! OK, so we are at another casino - and this time we plan to head to the casino to try to increase our travel funds. That's why I said, above, that I may post later - to let you know how we did at the casino.

Last night at the Service Center in Ohio we had one of the worst nights in recent memory. There were so many trucks parked for the night there, with their engines idling, the noise was deafening!! Soooooo, we ran the generator and turned on the A/C and finally, we both fell asleep and slept through the night.

As for the road conditions, I have to say that the Toll Roads in the Northeast, whether you are going South or West, are the worst roads in Creation! I can't understand it! They charge so much for tolls, but the roads are the worst in the country! They must spend all the money paying the workers (I'm guessing about $80G per year per employee). And...get this...Ohio doesn't even have EZ-Pass! You have to take a ticket when you get on the Turnpike, and pay the toll in cash when you exit! I asked the woman at the toll booth when she thought Ohio was going to get itself into the 21st Century, but she didn't appreciate it.

Stay tuned for the next post!