Chicago to Adrian

I checked into the La Quinta hotel in Matteson Thursday night. It was adequate, but I did not sleep too well, as I was wound up from the trip. I got up, ate their continental breakfast, and got on the road.

I had forgotten that the major roads in this area were generally toll roads, and I ended up paying tolls across Indiana and into Ohio.

I made my first stop at the Notre Dame campus, mostly to see the art museum. I had trouble figuring out where I should go, so I finally stopped and asked a young man for directions. He took out his iPhone and pulled up a satellite photo of the campus, and got me oriented.

A beautiful day in South Bend, so a nice walk across campus. The young people seemed cleaner cut than those on the CU campus in Boulder.

The Snite Museum of Art was modest in size, but their collection of Mesoamerican artifacts was quite excellent, including the patterned rollers used to seal documents. Beautiful stuff. The rest of the museum was also good, although I limited myself to the modern art areas.

After a bite in one of the campus fast food restaurants, I got back on the road.

My next stop was the RV museum in South Bend. It was pretty interesting to see the various forms that RVs have taken over the decades, ranging from little tent trailers up to large motor homes. The Shasta trailer in the museum was similar to the one that my grandparents lived in for many years after they retired.

I arrived around dinnertime, so Sister Rosemary and I went to Red Lobster, and then I hit the sack, tired from traveling.