I was able to get my rental car today.
I will not be getting my trailer back when the truck is finished. It has a lot of structural problems and a lot of the support braces have rusted badly. It also has to be rewired. So, I'll get a different one later. They are working on my truck now. Still have no idea when it will be done,
Left real early this morning and drove the rest of the way to Carlisle. Got there first thing this morning. I have absolutely no idea how long I'll be here. Have a rental car ordered but Enterprise didn't have any available today, maybe tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm using the old beat-up Daily pick-up truck that has no air conditioning. It's amazing that it even runs!! It has over 300,000 miles on it. I also checked into the hotel. On my way to get dinner tonight, I drove through downtown Carlisle. There is always something going on there. Today that have a Farmers Market set up on the town square.
Carlisle has a very vibrant downtown. There are no vacant storefronts there. Always lots of activity. That's about all there is for now.
Checked out really early this morning. Had to go get fuel before I did anything. Put in 183 gallons, $805. Then went over and picked up my trailer. From there I headed for Carlisle. Drove 517 miles to the Hampton Inn in Pitsburg, PA for the night. I'll head out early again in order to get to Carlisle first thing in the morning.
At about noon CDT today my truck was ready. I walked to the International shop to get it. As usual, there was a problem with payment. It took over 3 hours to get it resolved. I finally got out of there and drove to the hotel. Next had to get the right front tire replaced.
Since I had a lot of free time I decided to go over to see where the opening scene from "The Blues Brothers" was shot. I was only about 7 miles away. Early Sunday morning was a good time to go, no traffic.
Joliet Correctional Center has been closed for a long time. It is now a tourist attraction with guided tours. This is what it looks like now.
The gate Jake walks through is on the east side of the prison, as seen below.
