Jul. 30th, 2006

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I drove downstate to visit the parents this weekend. Driving on I-57, I passed "Lake Arrowhead" in Onarga, IL.

For those of you not familiar with US Interstate Highway system, in rural areas, anytime they needed to build an overpass they simply dug a hole next to the overpass, and piled the fill dirt up to make the overpass. This created a number of small ponds, all right next to the Interstate. "Lake Arrowhead" is one of these ponds. It's maybe 50 feet wide by 300 feet long, bounded by cornfields on three sides and 50 feet from the roar of the Interstate.

It's also a campground! The pond was ringed by campers and trailers, and people were milling about in the 90 degree heat. What are they thinking? Camping there is like camping in the parking lot at WalMart, except louder.

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