Day Six: Osseo to Michigan City

A fairly uneventful drive, except for having to go back for my sunglasses (prescription lenses!) first thing in the morning. Near Sparta we spotted a hand-painted sign for the "Astronaut Deke Slayton & Bicycle Museum" - or, as it's actually called,The Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to stop...

Where we ate breakfast - Moe's Almost World Famous Diner - a great place



Molly's Rude Awakening, where we got great coffee





Home of the farmer?



Cheese! (It is Wisconsin)



More cheese



My Seattle-based friend was especially amused at this:



And here is the site of the alleged mountain:



The Wisconsin river



More, yes, cheese:



All the county roads were named with letters - some single, some double. We passed OO and EW, too.



Welcome to Illinois!



A farm



Chicago skyline



Welcome to Indiana! (we weren't in Illinois very long)



The Bridge Inn - with the bridge



A train on the bridge


And almost immediately after the train passed, they blew a very loud horn and spun it out for the river traffic: