We left Ohio and the next stop was about a week's stay with Carol and Ned Gatzke in Wisconsin. John and Carol had taught together at West Geauga....a long time ago....and had sponsored the first Earth Day at the junior high with skits, a multimedia slide show, and a community clean up. (If you know your eco-history, you can figure out HOW long ago.) We left Chesterland and after skirting south of Cleveland, picked up the Ohio Turnpike near Elyria and took it to the Indiana line. There we dropped off to US-20 around South Bend, then south to US-30. This saved money and allowed us to overnight in Indiana, adding another state to our map of where we have camped. The next day we took US-30 south of Chicago (ugh) and finally to I-80 before
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