Today started out with our brake pads getting there @11:30. Moss Motors came
thru again in fine style. Their set up and system works great for situations
just like this to keep us on the road. That's another thing I'll have in the
boot from now on. I had the pads on by 12:30, buttoned up and tested. I did a
mini Funkana in the motel parking lot bedding them in, cleaned up, packed up,
ate lunch, and high tailed it by 1:30. We headed SE from Springfield,Il on
Hwys 55, 104, 16, 32, 33, 130, down to 50 over to In. As we traveled S the
terrain flattened but near the In line the rolling hills returned along with
more trees. It is a very beautiful area to travel thru. The day was Hot/humid
(93 deg) but we kept cooler with the top up and drinking cold pop. As we
traveled thru In we back tracked over some of the same roads as when we came
out. We came upon Loogootee, In, home of Bo-Mac's Drive-In. As we passed by I
decided to whip in for dinner. It was kind of a fast braking hard Rt. turn
onto their gravel parking lot (my new brakes and all). Well who would be
sitting there under an umbrella eating dinner but the County Sheriff and his
wife. I thought we were gonna get a lecture but he said "Nice car--what year
is it?" We talked a little, then ordered our food. It was 8PM by then (we
lost an hour when we crossed back into Eastern time) and the weather was
changing to cooler temps with an angry sky moving in from the NW. I asked the
Sheriff if there was a Hol Inn Express nearby-"yes about 28 mi off 50 E". We
ate and ordered swirled ice cream cones for Sherry and me. The Sheriff left
and we started a conversation with the owner and his wife. We told them we had
been thru there about a week ago and stopped to have ice cream on a very hot
day and that we had posted about their diner on the Healey list. They want to
visit NC this fall to see The Biltmore House with its Christmas decorations
up. Then the sky became very angry in the direction we were headed so we
quickly left and checked into our motel room, beating the storm. We're doing
laundry now (well Sherry is) and will call it a night soon. I'm having
trouble getting these in under 3KB and I keep getting bounced-hope this makes
it.
George & Sherry Haywood
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