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KMKazie: Fri 09/06/2021: Staying behind the I-94 Indiana Welcome Center. It's closed. No restroom tonight.
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KMKazie: Sat 09/04/2021: Riding Spring Lake trail in west Illinois.
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KMKazie: It has about 10 miles of loops.
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KMKazie: The lake. People are fishing. No one's riding.
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KMKazie: Maize Calligrapher! according to iNat. I saw a lot of corn fields on the way to the park.
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KMKazie: The loops have many splits and merges and a little confusing.
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KMKazie: It is supposed to be a "lookout" according to the trail map. Oh, well.
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KMKazie: Found it almost bottomed out after the ride. Yeah, there were some steep dips.
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KMKazie: BK vs. McD. A line continues to form for McDonald's. Burger King not so much. But I'm (almost) always on King's side.
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KMKazie: Sun 09/04/2021: A beautiful morning at I-74E Spoon River Rest Area.
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KMKazie: Driving down the western Illinois highway.
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KMKazie: Passing through Peoria, IL.
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KMKazie: Visiting Bloomington, Illinois.
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KMKazie: McLean County Museum of History in downtown Bloomington. It's Sunday and it's closed. According to Wikipedia, the building used to be the county courthouse from 1903 until 1976.
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KMKazie: Historic Route 66 going through the downtown. Pubs and bars are on both sides.
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KMKazie: Torii (鳥居)?
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KMKazie: Yes. Bloomington, IL and Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan are long time sister cities.
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KMKazie: Walking through the garden.
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KMKazie: Overlooking a mock chashitsu (茶室 or tea room) or tea house.
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KMKazie: 2012 was the 50th anniversary.
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KMKazie: Rode Farmdale trail.
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KMKazie: I guess I missed the most fun part. Schroll's.
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KMKazie: Heading home.
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KMKazie: Wally's near Pontiac, IL. The largest gas station I've ever seen. How many pumps? Likely 72 of them.
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KMKazie: Pumping for the last time near Chelsea, MI. The largest touch panel I've seen on a gas pump.