Travel Observations - Day 4

From our final day of driving to South Haven, MI...

• I had some idea about the whole college football thing being huge in the Midwest, but nothing until we spent the morning driving out of Cedar Rapids. Every other car that passed us had a car full of people decked out in University of Iowa gear, with car flags flying. (They got their wish too, since Iowa defeated Arizona.
• I have found a surprisingly good new restaurant: Steak 'n' Shake. They are excellent. The shake was amazing, and their BBQ burger was at least as good as Carl's Jr's (or Hardee's out here).
• The idea of a 60 cent toll road seems rather unusual, but it seems to work rather well for the state of Illinois. Their roads were among the smoothest we had encountered.
• I really hope that we were getting something for the extra money we were forced to spend on gasoline while in the state of California. Because it's only $2.59 here, as compared to $3.15 back in California.

Not too much today, as it's been a long day. Hoping to have some photos from around this area tomorrow, but we'll see. Still have to unpack, and have to watch the Bears game also.