Day 22 - St. Paul to Peoria, IL

We said our goodbyes to Michele’s mom and departed St. Paul at 8am. We immediately got on I-35 south. We rode for about 2 hours before taking our first break and to take on fuel. Today’s scenery was all corn and soybean.

The winds were very still for most of the day. We saw a few windmills and they were completely stationary.

Our next stop was in Waterloo, IA at the Wishbone for lunch. Rob noticed when we pulled into the parking lot that the right low beam light was out. He quickly replaced the headlight before lunch.
After lunch we rode for about another hour before stopping for a bio break and fuel. We were only 177 miles away from our day’s destination.

Traffic was pretty heavy as we approached Cedar Rapids. We connected with I-80 and headed east into Peoria. We made the last 177 miles non-stop and arrived at 4:40pm.

We headed out for dinner for real Texas BBQ at the Hickory River Smokehouse. It was a short walk from the hotel. We noticed on the walk over that there were a bunch of classic cars gathered in the nearby Home Depot parking lot.

After a yummy dinner, we walked over to have a closer look at some of these cars. There were two 57 Chevy Belaires (one sedan and one wagon). Both were in really great condition. The was also a xx chevy pickup. It was in electric blue and was very stunning. The owner had taken 5 years to restore it. He upgraded the suspension, and drive train to modern era specs (he used a 2005 LS-1 motor). 

We walked over to Culverts for some desert and watched one of the prettier sunsets we have seen on this trip.

Tomorrow we head for Ohio.