Where Are We Today
Effingham & Wapakoneta
Leaving Grove Ok. Wednesday morning to started the 5th leg of our trek home, driven over two days.
The first day we travelled on U.S.
59N to Hwy 125N to U.S. 60E to I-49N to I-44 E to I-70E.
U.S. 59N and Hwy 125N are two lane
roadways in good condition that I will rate
8.5 out of ten for both them.
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| Entering St. Louis |
This brings us to U.S. 60E, also a
two lane roadway, you turn onto U.S.-60E at Fairland Ok. Right off the bat, I
thought this was not going to be a smooth ride. Once we cleared the town, the
road smoothed out and we had a nice ride to I-49N. Having said that, my rating
for U.S.-60E is a 8 out of ten.
That was the extent of the two lane
roadways, the rest of our 5th leg trek is on interstate highways. Beginning
with I-49N and I-44E. Both of these highways I am going to rate at 8.5 out of
ten except for the last section of I-44E from St. Claire to St. Louis, Missouri.
This section got a little worse, so I will rate it as a 8 out of ten.
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| The famous Arch |
Entering the city of St. Louis, we merged onto I-55N/I-70E, driving thru the city close to the famous Arch, finally merging onto I-70E. I wanted to rate this road at a 8 to 8.5, but sadly the bridges are in rough shape so my overall rating is down to a 7.5 from here into Effingham, Illinois, where we stopped for the night at a Cracker Barrel.
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| Hard to read the signs until you were up close. This was our second day. |
There has been some rain today but
only intermittent wiper use.
Day two of our trek is a whole other
story. Starting out with rain that continued all day to our destination in
Wapakoneta Ohio.
Travelling on I-70 E through the rest
of Illinois and then through Indiana, taking the I-465 S then I-465 N bypass
around Indianapolis to I-70 E, this highway continued to be a seat retching, vehicle jarring road. The worst are the bridges along with some stretches
of the roadway, it comes close to I-69
that we travelled last winter.
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| Most of the day was this. |
Once we entered Ohio, I-70 E became much smoother that I will rate the rest of the travel on it as a 8 out of ten.
At Dayton Ohio, we merged onto I-75 N.
You want to make sure you are in the right lane for this, as it is only a
single lane exit and you must slow down to 20 MPH as it is a sharp right hand
curve down onto I-75.
I-75 N to Wapakoneta, Ohio is a smooth
ride that I will rate as an 8.5 out of ten.
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| I-70 above, we just came off of it, now on I-75N |
This has been a long day compared to
yesterday, the constant rain and mist from the passing vehicles, trying to read
the road signs in the rain and watch for the right lanes has been tiring. I
like to drive, and even though it was less miles today, I was ready to get off
the road for day when we did.
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| Arrowhead Campground, Wapakoneta, Ohio |
Thanks for following along, hope these reports help if you happen to be coming this way. There are only two more legs of our trek until we are back in Ontario Canada that I will report on. Stay tune for them.
Until the next time, stay well and
travel safe.