good morning you don't want to know what I had for breakfast guys ok you want to
know popcorn
over 250 flavors over there Oh popcorn before we get on the road though I don't
know that Chicagoland place is like famous or well-known or something but
this bag was $30.00 probably the most expensive bag of popcorn I've ever
bought in my life where we'll ever buy in my life
$30 for that but it's bacon and cheddar and they make this fresh write that
literally if you have never tried bacon and cheddar popcorn from Chicagoland
it's amazing literally amazing oh my gosh you can see that how the bag is
discolored right there I mean it is packed with flavor I'm going to savor
that bag of popcorn check out this old road
it's like cobblestone brick and no more metal signs for Lincoln Highway now
we've got green light up signs and welcome to Valparaiso Valparaiso
downtown Valparaiso there we go I asked her local how you pronounce he's
like no it's just bow po dude dal PO that's okay oh cool here at the Central
Park Plaza they got a little gathering going today like a little outdoor street
fair type thing nice park nice day so we got here you don't got to pay a lot you
just got to pay attention there's a plaque right over there that says this
is Orville Redenbacher the founder of Orville Redenbacher popcorn right here
in Valpo back in the 60s until somebody else bought it but they have they have a
popcorn festival here in September I cannot believe I'm gonna miss a popcorn
festival here in the park that would be awesome but not gonna be around here I
love popcorn though now I'm starting to get hungry though
that to cook there there look at that thing
scooters firm it's a pretty area then they got a
shaded pavilion here with crafts and stuff people are selling live music
I kind of just don't feel like like fair food right now so I'm gonna go look for
a restaurant or something some better food also here in the town of Bell Pro
they do have a little monument talking about it they have the Lincoln marker
and was this another new trail so we got the Oregon Trail the Pony Express and
now possibly the old sag trail trod first by the Indians later by the
Explorers in the early days of the pathway of important military
expeditions that sounds interesting too we have to look that one up you know
what this is you ever see these these are those library exchange things where
you can grab a free book or put a book in there
I do see these all over the place they got Charter numbers so you can track
where they're at and in each city it's kind of cool overcast day but try and
decide what I want to have for lunch maybe a hamburger or steak
I mean grass yeah grass cuz okay I've got something a
little different here the Industrial Revolution eatery and grill saluting
America's greatness a little different ray as we look up at the top of the
corner this this is called lunchtime by the artist which it says is one of
the most iconic photographs in our nation's history lunchtime on top of a
skyscraper the iron artwork outside and just the entire construction of the
building is really cool three go check this out
think we should
so they salute somebody different each week this week it's Thomas Godfrey the
inventor of The Sixth Sense the 6/10 or the GPS basically so he's in charge of
navigation in 1704 to 1749 thanks yes
pretty cool atmosphere weather that they even put a little American flag in the
burger garlic potato wedges
perfect thank you thank you
that was delicious and I know presentation is not everything but it
has a lot to do with how much you enjoy the food and by the way that was a
fantastic burger I don't know what they seasoned their beef with but that was
delicious no salad today highly recommend the American Revolution Bar
and Grill that's awesome well the only thing I kinda miss is the blue skies
it's been a while it's been staying warm but just cloudy or it looks cloudy it's
really hazy we got a full service station right here
that's closed down here on the Lincoln Highway but I pulled in here the
Mayflower liquor store is still open so alcohol survives Lincoln Highway
closures check out this old Ford Galaxie sheriff car sheriff of Mayberry
we're in plymouth indiana here oh that's a nice-looking car and a phone booth
what'd you do it in there oh I like that old phone look at that that's a really
old phone the automatic electric company okay it's
too early for Bud Light transfer transporter but yeah a nice little gas
station semi restored I guess Mobil gas full service station
the pumps are in really good condition yeah I guess I should at least test it
first no it's nothing locked cold air machine
there for your tires windshield service so it doesn't do anything but it's it's
still here and it's not tagged with graffiti so a good stop
how's your lunch I was getting ready to go and then I remember Jackson still
back there eating he hates it when I take off before he's finished his lunch
cuz gets to come up here lay down and wait till I stop the next time and then
no I gave you time to finish you drink your water
you're shutting on me again your what's this we just right into my coffee cup so
Indiana has notified me that we are currently on the 1928 route of Lincoln
Highway or alignment here it literally just goes right through the means we're
completely residential through here just yep I'm not very impressed by the roads
so far in fact Jax has now climbed underneath the driver's seat this road
isn't bad but there since I left the grill place some of these roads have
like huge craters in the huge open craters that just feel like death when
you hit them in an RV and welcome to Mentone Indiana they're having a little
festival here the eggs something festival they really like eggs here in
fact they're even known as the egg basket of the Midwest as a parent by the
world's largest egg so guess what guys now I'm here in Fort Wayne Indiana and
this Lincoln Highway that I'm on right now is actually the 1915 alignment so
very very early if it began in 1913 this is a very early route and there's a
little roadside quirky bowling pin there you know and for some reason it's been a
while since I've been bowling I hate doing some of these activities alone but
then again who cares it's my only chance I just want to relax so I'm gonna bring
out my inner Lebowski it has some fun
catching their love to the ground
over the line
hey is this your homework
that was actually a ton of fun they're bowling they actually do not charge by
the game they charge $12 per person for two hours of bowling and that it also
includes the shoe rental which is actually a great deal I ended up getting
13 games in in less than two hours so I definitely got my Bowl on for sure that
was a lot of fun my average is about 135 140 anything over 150 I'm happy with it
that's a that's a that's a good game there but that's a that's a fun little
place I wish I could bowl more often maybe I should Bowl with more of my
subscriber viewers while I'm on the road and the sun's peeking through the clouds
now I'm gonna have a nice little afternoon oh yeah Jax is backup handling
the bumps okay so far here's a bad one
I'm sorry buddy you're doing good okay hey cool I found the Hansen quarry rock
quarry here yeah I got the generator and air conditioner on for Jax but I wanted
to come outside and explore this - well it's open to the public and it says that
there's a 1,000 foot ravine of rock that they brought out over here kind of like
a rock version of a canyon or something well this place is massive it's like a
canyon pretty much see if I can go between the chain-link here it's been
open since 1942 yeah they pulled a lot of rock out of here guys that belt is
what brings the rock all the way up to the top neat little views up here on the
observation deck and it's free to come here so that's pretty cool there's birds
everywhere I got to let Jax out to play jacks man you want to go rock climbing I
think you can make it hop up good jump that's a really good jump how you doing
buddy when you think of this place you don't think okay no there was no
cats allowed in the bowling alley that's what they said I said but he'll be in
his stroller he'll be good he'll help knock down all those pins that I don't
get come here shucks where Jax
Wow you're way up there now how you doing buddy that a pretty good spot then
hey buddy Wow ring it's green everybody today
Indiana and I are really getting along well
I needed this I've been doing so much blacktop boondocking lately so this is
the Molen our Tippecanoe River tip canoe yeah I hope the canoe doesn't tip DNR
now we are by the road but I think the sacrifice is worth it because get to be
by this pond kind of want to go fishing look at all the green algae through here
you can hear the cards going by behind me there it is so so green I feel like
it's like a scene from Star Wars Return of the Jedi I don't quite know about the
legality of it but I know it doesn't say no overnight parking and here's another
strange one look at this tree what in the heck he made all of those strange
marks on this tree I don't think I've ever seen anything like that and I'm not
trying to get all sentimental and gooey here but man I feel so much better like
I was starting to worry that he just this afternoo Brassica just I wasn't
gonna see anything like this that was just gonna make me feel so much more
calm and relaxed and happy with nature so this is a really good sign really
good sign all right guys have a good night Jackson I'll see you back on the
Lincoln Highway in a couple - bye bye
you
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