http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Effingham/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Illinois , Effingham en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:15:45 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:15:45 UTC A little later this year than last for a variety of reasons. but we are on our way once again to the Baja. We actually were to get on the road yesterday but the weather and some minor other details caused us to wait one more day. We also took highway 57 rather than 55 bc of news of flooding in Illinois so that was the only big change. We ran into some pretty heavy squalls around Saugatauk http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Effingham/blog-238484.html From Niagara we headed down through Pennsylvania Ohio and Illinois with Springfield Illinois being the planned crossing point in the big ldquofigure of eightrdquo of our trip. On the journey up however we discovered from relatives that we had missed the town where Tomrsquos grandparents were married by only a few miles. So now on the way back we were able to put that right by visiting http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Effingham/blog-202263.html Day 18 Camping wasnrsquot bad last night. The ground is that red clay and it was easy to get everywhere Mandie just left her shoes outside. Mosquitoes are back. The bathrooms were a little scary. Mandie had a spider hanging from the sink and a cockroach on the floor. Wersquore traveling on Route 66 for a while. Mandie keeps singing the song. Looks like wersquore in for a 400 arrival at ou http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Effingham/blog-174810.html