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I had hoped to make it to La Porte today, but didn't. I only made it as far as Kankakee Illinois. Three things contributed to this. First, of course, I didn't make it as far as I wanted yesterday. Second, the 55 mph speed limit for RVs in Illinois slowed me down. Finally, I wanted to stop in Charleston to visit my brother. By 8:00 I was just too tired to go any further and stopped at the KOA in Kankakee. Seems like a nice place. There were a lot of kids playing in the pool, and people sitting around campfires. I'm just here to get a good night's sleep though. I'll make it to Laporte in a couple of hours tomorrow. When I filled up my tank this morning (remember, I wanted to see how driving 65 would affect my gas mileage) I found that I got about 9 mpg on the last day of yesterday's trip. I was surprised since I had gotten 11 mpg while doing 60 mph. I spent most of today driving 55 (in spite of Sammy Hagar's advice) and found I was getting just a little better than 11 mpg. A little improvement over driving 60, but not enough to give up that 5 miles every hour. That really adds up after 12 hours of driving. Nothing else exciting happened today.
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