A Spectrum

Today my job took me to Galena. What a beautiful drive. It doesn't really seem like you are in Illinois up there. Mounds (no mountians), hills, rough terrain, valleys. It's called the Driftless Zone, an area that last glaciation didn't touch. Blame the huge continental glaciers for making the rest of Illinois so freaking flat. It's also crazy that the Galena river used to be home to several 30 ft wide steamboats when today the river is barely 20 ft wide. Back in the day it was 350 ft wide. You can still see the large floodplain that's now grassy areas with paths and benches. Crazy. However, I got a whole work day to drive through the country eat lunch at Vinny's courtesy of work and get paid for doing it. ;)