Ed and I climbed into the Rav this morning and started driving. Our final destination is California, todays destination is Effingham, Illinois. On this trip Ed and I are splitting the driving which meant I was behind the steering wheel for 5 1/2 hours and Ed for about 5 hours.

Happily the border crossing went well --- the lines were only 4 cars deep so it only took about 5 minutes before we were on our way again. The border guard asked us what kind of food we had on board including any lunch. First time we've been asked about our lunch --- but maybe that was because she saw a cooler in the backseat.

The weather was interesting .... it was beautiful when we left home. We encountered snow flurries at the border and off and on till we reached Fort Wayne --- Toledo Ohio looked like they had a few inches of fresh snow. After Fort Wayne the sun came out and the remainder of the drive was in the sun.

After checking into our hotel, Ed insisted on getting a couple of geocaches .... he hadn't found any in Illinois but now he has. Luckily, there were two easy caches within 2 km of the hotel.