dead tree in rural Illinois

So, we were driving across northern Illinois and saw this dead tree.  We liked how it looked, so I made my owner pull a u-turn and get some pictures of me with it.  It's located on Hunter Road in Boone County, IL - just before the border with McHenry County.

aaghhh

See the Honda?  Also, the sign represents County Line Road, so where Boone County ends and McHenry County begins 

Janesville and Time Out Pub & Eatery

We walked around Janesville, WI for a bit, then had lunch at Time Out Pub & Eatery.  The Rock River (which is a tributary of the Mississippi) flows through Janesville, I liked watching it, thinking of traveling on a boat or something.  There were some nice sights in the city as well.

At Time Out the beer was Spotted Cow (which is only available in Wisconsin) and the food was a burger.  It was tasty.

All other activities?

Rock County courthouse

Civil War Monument

WWF pandas?

The Rock River

Spotted Cow

bacon

Wisconsin Welcome Center - Beloit

Wisconsin Welcomes You!  Recreation, Industry, Agriculture.  This is the sign that welcomes us when we stop at the Wisconsin Welcome Center in Beloit, WI.

It's a rest area too, so a traveler can do his or her business.  After concluding his/her business, he/she can go pee or poo in the toilets that are available there, too.

East Dundee IL - Serial Killer?

So, we saw this odd bit of "found art" on the side of the road.  Somebody put up a sign saying s/he wants to buy "your" home.  Another person put up a sign questioning whether that person is a serial killer.  Or maybe it was the same person, just to get attention?

not quite as good a picture as the last one - but I hopped into it, so that's why I included it

Portillo's - Crystal Lake

Oh no!  My first noticeable blemish!  I got some of the Giardiniera oil on my forehead.  You can see it in the last picture (of me, anyway) in this post.  This is the first time I've changed my look (albeit, unintentionally) since I got my face!  Woah.

Anyway, food was an Italian Sausage with mozzarella cheese and Giardiniera peppers mix.  It was probably good, but (as you probably gathered by comments at the beginning of this post) I wasn't particularly interested in food at that particular point in time.

Once I was over my distress, we were already back in the car.  Usually I don't talk about car rides in here (except here and here and, well, here) but this was interesting due to the road signs which told us we could only turn right and at the same time that we could only turn left, only to have the road only go left.

Portillo's #6 for Ollie!

It was a private game, I couldn't join them.

The blemish!

Wait, this makes no sense.