Tournament of Roses Parade...Here We Come!

Well, the zero percent precipitation plan went out the window before we left home early this morning.  Snow was falling steady and caused multiple accidents from our home in Michigan, in Ohio and even in Indiana.  We encountered a closed road before we reached the expressway.  That said, once we drove out of the snow, we managed to cover 500 miles today without mishap ending up in the quiet little town of Greenville, IL for the night.  We plan to hit the greater Los Angeles area Monday afternoon.

The Fancer Pony Truss bridge in the picture above is 118 years old and was in service for 88 years before it was reduced from 16' to 8' wide and then moved 70 miles to a rest area in eastern Illinois where I snapped a picture this afternoon.  The Trout brothers, who lived 5 miles from this rest area, built about 150 bridges of this design. It was kind of weird seeing this bridge to nowhere in the middle of a rest area.

One of the challenges of this trip was how and what to pack for a 3 month journey.  Hopefully our strategy works!