North Central (aka midWest) taco trails and adventures

JayQQ97 · Nov 2, 2022

Rock62 said:
Interesting. We had about 24"+ in our front yard.

Yes I recall seeing that! It was very hit and miss last season
Not much at least for cover up to Sioux city and Sioux falls and west to Missouri river in SD
My uncle near Columbia MO had 2 big falls like central Iowa did and snowed his rural town in the plows couldn't make it to him

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JayQQ97 · Nov 2, 2022

Rock62 · Nov 2, 2022

The in-laws, just 1 hour drive NW of us, had about 1-2 inch of cover.

Last winter's snow was weird. Although, the insane temperature and windchill made up the shortfall.

JayQQ97 · Nov 2, 2022

Rock62 said:
You should wait a few months. Then we'll have ice and snow pack on the "trails".......and more potholes.

Iowa hwy 9 is still on the bucket list
That might be a good winter adventure and its a long one

JayQQ97 · Nov 6, 2022

11-6-22
...currently in Beloit WI at a Toyota 4x4 event in Rockford IL
going to stay off the TollWay heading to Chicago to find I-57. about 70 miles south of there will be on the hunt for IL-116 to wheel back across Illinois to near the Iowa border on US-34

Illinois Route 116 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

IL-116 has a distance of 176 miles and will be the first trail in Illinois I have wheeled that goes through the city of Peoria at the halfWay point

Illinois welcome sign at the Wisconsin border on IL-76

after a drive south to US-20 then a rather long drive east until the FREEway I-290 i arrived in the outSkirts of Chicago on a sunny day with a bit of wind

after another long travel south on I-57 finally made it to the trail
this is the east end... now have to wheel back around and head west after a bite to eat at the subWay across the way

JayQQ97 · Nov 6, 2022

JayQQ97 · Nov 6, 2022

Well that was one long stretch of flat nasty in the fields
The biggest hoorah was going through the Peoria getto with them nasty broken roads the have there
Caterpillar must be glad to be leaving that hole

west end of IL-116