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Tales from the Road: The Lincoln Highway in Illinois
Sometimes I just have to run off. And so, even though I had done little preparation, I headed out to hit the Lincoln Highway in Illinois. Actually, full disclosure, my original plan was to do Illinois and Iowa, but fate … Continue reading
On the Road Again: In Search of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania, Part FOUR
My last day on the road, like the three previous, dawned beautifully sunny and pleasant. I was ready to take on the Alleghenies! This time in daylight! I headed west back to Schellsburg, where I passed the grocery that had … Continue reading
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Tagged Lincoln Highway, nostalgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, road food, roadside attractions
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On the Road Again: In Search of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania, Part THREE
As it grew light I was eager to leave the charmless motel outside of Trenton, with its broken security lock and lack of any coffee anywhere. Having determined the first day of this adventure that I could not make New … Continue reading
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On the Road Again: In Search of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania, Part TWO
I awoke from a delightfully cozy sleep at the Lincoln Motor Court, about five miles east of Schellsburg, ready to resume. Again the day was clear and sunny. I walked around the charming court and gazed back westward at the … Continue reading
My Mother Never Warned Me about the House on the Rock
For years I have loved south central Wisconsin, a beautiful land of lakes and rocks and rivers. Within a fifty-mile or so radius of Madison are many wonders, both natural and manmade, and I have wandered the old roads about … Continue reading
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Tagged carousels, roadside attractions, The House on the Rock, Wisconsin
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Ice Cream Sodas, a Carousel, and Two Rivers: My Logansport
Just up the old Michigan Road from Indianapolis, about 75 miles, is Logansport, which, given its key location at the confluence of two rivers (the Eel and the Wabash), existed even before this historic route was platted to it. Logansport was a … Continue reading
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The Road Less Taken: The Lincoln Highway in Eastern Ohio
I do so love old highways, especially those that have become byways, bereft of their numbers. How much people miss by not taking just a bit more time along the way! As mentioned in earlier postings, I grew up … Continue reading
The Road Less Taken: Underground Wonder
On my way to somewhere else in Ohio, there was something I wanted to see again, an old tourist attraction in which my daddy had carried me around when I was a toddler, so my mom always told me. I … Continue reading
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Tagged caves, Ohio, Ohio Caverns, roadside attractions
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Following in My Foodstops: the Lincoln Highway in Ohio
Recently I attended a convention in Massillon–always a pleasure, since the town, laden with wonderful architecture, sits smack on the Lincoln Highway and I usually manage to drive at least some of this wonderful road there and back. Having … Continue reading
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Following in My Foodstops: Lost in the 40s
People are forever asking me “what’s a good place to eat in _______?” They assume that, since my work and wanderings take me all over the state of Indiana and beyond, I have amassed at least a mental list of … Continue reading
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