July 4,2005
KOA Kampground
Granger Indiana

Happy independence day!
Drove the most awesome FLX Bus yesterday in Minnesota. Power steering and automatic transmission. Must be getting old cause those two things really impressed me. Spent a wonderful afternoon with Rick and his wife in Jenifer They own the bus and really don’t want to sell her but…. I would of liked to have stayed a day or two and worked out the detail of the bus but I’m running down the road to Connecticut and Mom and Dads so it will have to wait.
After a peaceful day in the Minnesota hills we hit Chicago and the world went to hell. Do not run I-90 through Chicago, just about the time you get a bit use to the traffic and totally rude people the tolls start. Seemed like every two miles another $2.50. Must of cost us close to $25.00 to do about 30 miles of the poorest slowest roads in the country.
Someone asked me about my doing urban landscapes. I don’t think so, fer sure not in Chicago!
Had planned to stop and see Scott and his friends in a small town outside Detroit but due to the bus stop will not be able to do that. Spoke to him this am and his friend Stephan is in a rock-a-billy band and they are on their way to play at the local country fair. Sounds like a great day and a great photo op.
And I opened the computer this morning to the message
“Continuing Failure”
“hit any key to continue”
Happy independence day.

DMK Henry Rick Jenifer and Jesse