July, 1995: Illinois Broadcasters Association’s Wally Gair became a Three O’Timer as he brought me back to Peoria for two days of seminars (Air Personality Plus+ and How To Create Maximum Impact Radio Advertising).
I had a couple of interesting experiences driving from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to Peoria and then back.
Note The Direct Route From O'Hare To Peoria.
Experience #2: Do not assume that, when returning to O’Hare from Peoria, you can simply reverse your directions.
As you can see from this satellite view, although the highway going south from O’Hare intersects the highway going west to Peoria, the highway going east from Peoria does not intersect the highway going north to O’Hare.
I learned this by overshooting the non-connecting highway by 30 miles.
I had been so proud of myself for scheduling a leisurely, non-pressured drive back to the airport. Instead I barely managed to board the plane, panting for breath and perspiring, just before they closed the doors.
Experience #1: In case you were wondering: It is not legal to drive 89 miles per hour in the state of Illinois (even if everyone else around is driving even faster).
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Ha! With that as your caption, plain to see you don’t live in Columbus, Oh. 😀
You can’t get there from anywhere but you can get in. You can check out any time, but you can never leave.