whoops thought I'd come to the zoo today they unloaded like six buses of kids
from like summer school or something I'm like of course but to gut this huge
mastodon here look at the size of its teeth that's pretty cool
but I don't know maybe that's why I like when the school seasons in so much
because everything's so much quieter here it's I mean good for them for
school it's quiet over here on this side of the zoo because this is nature kids
don't care about nature they just want to go through the monkey so kind of got
it all to myself gonna be another warm day today so we
run on the air-conditioner in the in the RV non-stop but like I said I'm just
gonna cancel my plans for visiting the aurora zoo here at Phillips Park and get
back on the road try something different ucomfy Jack's already go oh man here we
go outsmart those kids on summer vacation come to the library I guarantee
you no kid is gonna voluntarily come to the library in the summer actually this
is pretty cool any dr. Seuss pants look at this he's actually holding a pan of
green eggs and ham up there and then awesome I'm not sure if dr. Seuss was
around here but I definitely remember all these books oh and by the way dr.
Seuss was not born or from Naperville Illinois they just happened to like to
showcase him in this area he's actually from Springfield Massachusetts
I'm gonna leave that one in
we've got another library here in Napper ville Naperville who knows maybe the
ends are silent and it's just a perv ill I never know anymore but look just in
time for Christmas the Grinch and his dog max I love the outfit there dude
Oh max is dressed as a reindeer he looks kind of sad he's sad buddy max jack says
hi max and there's a little plaque they're kind of talking about 2012 when
they put this here just because dr. Seuss was so beloved by kids okay I get
it that's cool give it poem I do not like green eggs and ham I like my cat
food in I can yeah you do I do not want hamburger or cow I want my food right
yeah I don't know what this Hollywood Boulevard store sells but I like what
they got going look at the Blues Brothers yeah that is awesome
oh it's a movie theater by the way yeah I don't even know if they're open but
the door was open you can go to this place it's a pretty awesome movie
theater isn't it Wow they've got these facial casts of a
bunch of characters there's the Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger kind of
an oriental theme part here I have never seen a movie theater like this I really
like the effort guys all the old movie posters it's really cool
and here's where the movie theaters are this whatever Oh Wilson there hmm yes oh
they haven't even started their first movie of the day but there is a museum
that you can check out and you can buy alcohol right here outside the movie
theater with a cup that's pretty cool that's cool
King Kong look at all the detail they even put in fake coin meters all along
four here and each theater is like individually famed like this is the
Wizard of Oz there's where you go in and see your movie I know it's really dark
that cool incredible effort here and then their
Museum of some movie artifacts in here did you guys see passengers yeah they
have a replica tomb thing and Austin Powers egg is there stuff in there yeah
from Terminator for salvation a t600 warrior nice fun little stop you don't
even got to buy a movie ticket just come in and look around that's pretty cool
seriously though craft beer while you're watching a new movie I like that can we
can we do that more that's awesome
I've driven about 15 miles from the Blues Brothers place same day just
drastically changed on me here this is incredible checks are we back in the
northwest this is this is one of the things that's cool about just not being
in a rush to get anywhere really ever you know trafficked weather there's some
clearings so all I'm really gonna do is just Park up here by this next Lincoln
monument and we'll kind of just wait for it stop because I'll bet it'll stop in
about an hour or two and it'll be nice outside again right now not so much
but that that's one of the fun things about being on the road and traveling
for a living is if I just find like the most perfect spot to boondock or if the
weather slows me down a little bit I don't have to get somewhere like
everybody else does oh and look at this guy you're just so stressed
you're just so stressed man yeah okay
what'd I tell ya sunshine although it's still dripping from the tree it's
cameras gonna get a little wet but across the street from where in parked
is Lincoln landing here nice little creek running through there
and all of a sudden like as soon as I stepped out like it I could feel the 92
degrees that it really is oh it's a weird little storm traffic still backed
up so I'm gonna walk around and try to find another entrance to the park
nice little pathway over the water whoa that can you guys see that over there
that's not river water that's like road water coming off of where I was just at
emptying into the river this was a little different this is uh 3 Lincoln's
here it's all put into one but first of all we need to get this off the ground
that's not gonna work all right that's better a strange piece because they all
seem to be wearing the same outfit and then growing out of each other very
strange Lincoln landing all right while I was in
the RV waiting for the rain to stop there was a very loud noise crack boom
see there's where I'm parked over there well look what just happened guys that
just broke off
stay out of that guy's way he's going places mm-hmm you know I I bet I could
probably boondock there for one night but I with the road noise and and
everything I'm gonna skip it now that it's nice I'm gonna get back on the road
and back to Lincoln Highway hey guess what we're we're not done with Blues
Brothers here we're here at the Joliet prison here it closed
15 years ago actually and they are remodeling the prison right now it will
not be open for tours again until August I feel like this would be a really neat
one to see though you can see the Blues Brothers reference here out front if my
memory serves me correct I think they shot the outside of one of
these walls when when he was released in the movie so that might look familiar to
you the side there but yeah I was actually talking to the security guard
on duty here he said some kids broke in a couple months ago and started fires
and broke a bunch of stuff you can see the officer there there's one there and
there's one on the other side now they're just there just monitoring it
now so that people don't spray paint their graffiti crap all over and ruin it
but you got the men's prison is this main portion right here with
like 40 buildings inside and then across the street is the old women's prison as
well they're also going to change that for Halloween I guess and turn it into a
haunted house mansion that the part over there so I just got unlucky with this
particular stop because they're doing a bunch of remodel and construction and
there's nothing to see but yeah if these walls could talk I tell you what
well it's an utterly nice day now look this little birth of a cow here
big old birth though we're here at a Creamery so I am going to grab the cat
stroller yes because it's a safe secure way to keep jacks close to me and get
something to eat here and I hang out with Jack's outside Jack's man what does
he if they have any cat treats no think they do the pre-work checks they didn't
have a cat menu yeah they didn't have a cat menu I'm kind of surprised
No well you can smell it you know smell it it's got chocolate in it though and
dairy then
and looks good
like that shade huh well it's better than keeping you in the RV huh I get to
hang out with me you would need a brush you need you know brush you're bad oh
goodness looks like with that dude hmm okay there you go hey just off Lincoln
Highway like half a mile off Lincoln Highway might be the quietest Walmart
I've ever stayed at I'm gonna go run in and grab a few things and then we'll get
settled
is it a holiday I don't know that there's just something about these old
route 66 and Lincoln Highway that can put anybody out of business
even a huge Walmart Supercenter actually there's one about eight miles away in a
different city but why do they just abandon the entire property and building
and just start from so I mean I don't wouldn't you just want to remodel where
you're at I don't know actually I started thinking about it and I'm like
you know until it gets dark or at least until the Sun sets how about I just
relax here do some editing eat take shower you know just kind of just
utilize the wide-open vastness of this area until I go to the other one to
sleep for the night in my RV that make sense yeah it's nice and peaceful so
I'll hang out here and then we'll head out a little bit
actually this Walmart's only about two and a half miles away from the old one
and just in a different City and all of a sudden I feel better I'm getting ready
to turn off the generator an air conditioner because the wind is blowing
that air around feeling a little nice so I'll be able to save some fuel finally
on the generator and so yeah anyways Jackson I'll see ya here in a couple
days back on the Lincoln Highway okay