Fire hydrants, Springfield, IL.

Road Closed. There were actually a couple of these along our appointed route, where they were rebuilding bridges. Near Harristown, IL.

First sag stop, Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial, near Harristown, IL.

Second sag stop, Croninger Cemetary. That's Bert, communing with the spirits.

Billboard in Monticello, IL. The tag line on the bottle is "Totally Tasteless."

Alma Mater. University of Illinois campus, Champaign IL.

After 300 miles of corn fields, it was jarring to see this little corn plot in the middle of a university campus, in the middle of a city.