Sometimes when I am road-tripping, what I am really doing is scouting locations where I want to spend more time the next time I drive through the area. This was definitely the case for Nappanee, Indiana.
I would love to explore the Dutch Village Market (dvillagemarket.com) as well as Amish Acres (amishacres.com). The downtown area that I drove through was lovely and there were quilt shops, furniture shops and farmer's markets galore.
The rest of Indiana was corn and soy...
The farms are quite charming, however...
I entered Illinois amid the suburbs of south Chicago... just your basic strip malls and auto dealerships...
Once I got out of the city, I stopped at a lovely little rest stop and took a break with my camera in hand. I don't know if I have mentioned this before but I love tree bones... I could spend the entire day looking up at the sky through the branches and leaves of an old gnarled tree...
Mile marker 1226 and I crossed the Mississippi River into Iowa. I crossed the river at LClaire, the birthplace of William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") and would have taken an hour or so to visit the museum there but it was late afternoon and I was losing the light... (I hope everyone understands this to be the "photographic light" and not the light to drive by...)
I took a couple of pictures at the riverfront park there in town before continuing on my way...
City of Baton Rouge
The plan was to drive north along the river... it was supposed to be a scenic route... and at first I was a little concerned...
It wasn't looking too scenic.
But then it started looking more scenic. And again, I was finding areas that I would love to return to when I had more time. Like Sabula, Iowa (seen below), which is located on an island in the middle of the Mississippi River.
After driving through Sabula, I crossed back over the Mississippi River into Savanna, Illinois. (There were better motel choices over there...)
To be continued...
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