Moving right along from Jefferson City MO to Sandusky OH

Not much to report as I have been covering a lot of ground since I dropped the search for bits of Route 66.  From Jefferson City I traveled northeast on US 54 driving by Mexico and Bowling Green and later crossing the Mississippi at a place called Louisiana.  If you're not paying attention you can easily get lost. The weather was much the same as the last few days; that is sunny and hot.  I spent the night in Merrillville Indiana, essentially a suburb of Gary, which is itself an extension of Chicago, albeit in a different state. Confused yet?

Today, after having asked Lucy (the GPS lady) to avoid major highways, I was brought down some interesting country roads and secondary highways which eventually led me to Sandusky (no relation to Larry the coach) on the shores of Lake Erie.  along the way I passed huge fields of soybeans,

and corn, as high as an elephants eye.

Apparently the owners, or some patrons of this establishment, the Red Hot Sports Bar-Grill, off Highway 6 in Walkerton Indiana, took the name of the place a little too seriously.

Riding on these secondary roads is way more interesting then being on the Interstates.  Here's hoping that the weather holds up for the next two days. Hell, I wouldn't want to miss a single day of an 80-day election campaign!