Mission Accomplished.
Well, we still have to get back to Maryland. So, keep moving.
We visited the Museum of Science and Industry on the 9th before driving to Granger, Indiana, to visit Vailam and YY Mui, and their adorable kids, Janice and Justin. On the 10th we hit the road after lunch and breezed through Ohio and Pennsylvania and rested at Breezewood, Pennsylvania, which was only 20 miles from the Mason-Dixon line (the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland). Finally, on 11th Feb 2001, we returned home, safe and sound.
| Date | Time | Odometer | Event |
| 9 Feb | 12:30 | 35764 | Leaving the hotel after lunch A cold wet morning. Since we have spent the previous Labor day weekend in Chicago, we decided not to linger in the Loop but to visit the Musuem of Science and Industry, which we did not have time to see last time. The Museum was very big, and out two hours there certainly did not do any justice to its many interesting exhibits. |
| 15:30 | 35774 | Leaving the Museum of Science and Industry |
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| 15:45 | 35780 | Leaving Illinois |
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| 16:45 | 35780 | Entering Indiana (switch to Eastern Time) |
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| 18:00 | 35858 | South Bend We had a flat tire in South Bend. And it started to snow. We call AAA to ask for roadside assistence. Many thanks to the guy from TNC Towing, who came to change our tire in the bad weather. After getting our spare tire on, we drove slowly to the Muis' place in Granger. |
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| 19:05 | 35862 | Granger Great to see the Muis again. Janice was getting cuter everyday, and Justin look so much bigger now. Last time we saw Justin he was 4 months old; this time he was nine months old already. We had a nice chat with the Muis before going to bed at around midnight. The snow was piling up. When we woke up next morning, the snow has stopped and the skies were clearing. We took the car to get a pair of new tires before heading for Elkhart to have lunch with the Muis. |
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| 10 Feb | 12:02 | 35878 | Leaving Granger |
| 12:20 | 35893 | Elkhart (Lunch) |
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| 13:43 | 35893 | Leaving Elkhart After saying goodbye to the Muis, we took I-80 and started homeward bound. |
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| 14:40 | 35960 | Leaving Indiana. Entering Ohio. |
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| 15:29 | 36022 | Teledo |
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| 16:18 | 36065 | Perry Service Center (Rest) |
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| 17:07 | 36122 | Cleveland suburbs After Cleveland, we took I-76 and started to head south towards Pittsburgh. |
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| 18:20 | 36207 | Leaving Ohio. Entering Pennsylvania. Soon after we entered Pennsylvania, I-76 joined I-70 west, which would eventually bring us back to Maryland. |
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| 21:20 | 36378 | Breezewood I-76 and I-70 parted ways at Breezewood. I-76 continued west to Philedelphia. while I-70 turned south to Maryland.Breezewood was only 100 miles from our home at Germantown, Maryland. Should we push on? Well, we decided to take things slow and easy. We got a pretty room in the Breezewood EconoLodge for $46.62. |
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| 11 Feb | 11:40 | 36378 | Leaving Breezewood |
| 12:04 | 36400 | Leaving Pennsylvania (crossing the Mason-Dixon Line). Entering Maryland |
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| 12:46 | 36459 | Frederick Taking I-270 towards Washington DC. Finally, we have come back to ... |
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| 13:03 | 36473 | Germantown Home sweet home! |
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