Our last day was just a bit longer than we would have liked, about 350 miles. We stayed on I-72 heading east from Decatur, joining I-57 heading NE towards Chicago. Our goal was to exit to US 24 and roll due east through Fort Wayne and finally Defiance. Good plan, except we were gabbing away and sailed right past the exit to US 24. We didn't notice the error until we practically saw the Chicago skyline in our windshield. Turning back wasn't a good option. Instead, we navigated through a maze of secondary roads through Indiana heading SE to return us to US 24. It all took about an extra hour. After that, we unmuted the Garmin and decided to actually listen to it. No more mistakes after that.
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| Getting ready to bend over, dive in and tighten the fan belt. |
BREAKDOWN! Not really, but the fan belt on the LaSalle had gotten seriously slack since its tensioning bolt came loose. It took a while to scout up enough tools to rectify it. The engine was cool and this made the repair fairly easy. Back on the road in about a half hour.
We arrived in Defiance just in time for the opening banquet. Great food and about 400 people gathered for dinner. I found many old friends here and lots of fine cars, but it was dusk and poor light for photography. I'll snap more tomorrow.
This blog will go on hiatus for the next few days. It's just too hard to write during the tour. I will post some updates when I get the chance.
See ya!
Bill.
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