Last night, the internet connection was too feeble for The Open Road, but we had had a good day's travel. We left our motel near Astabula, Ohio, and turned back onto 90 West, crossing Ohio without incident. As we neared Indiana, we turned off onto Route 20 to drive through farming country, looking for the Amish community there. Their commercial center is in Shipshewana. What we saw in the surrounding countryside was a patchwork of Amish-looking places alternating with places that looked as if cars and electricity had been added to establishments otherwise similar to the Amish ones. There were a number of very prosperous looking farms with no wires running to them and no vehicles in view along one road, but that was the exception. We had a hearty midday meal of German style food at a restaurant in Shipshewana and drove on. It was a good, but not altogether satisfying visit.
We skirted Chicago successfully, just a little ahead of rush hour, and made our way to another nearly nonexistent place with a motel in Western Illinois. Fortunately, we had leftovers from lunch and did not need to explore the area for a restaurant.
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