Apr. 27 Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and now Michigan. One after another, the states have been rolling by as we head home to NJ. The weather has been cool, and we’ve found ourselves missing home and family more lately; so we’ve been focused on making our 250 or so miles eastward each day. Iowa had wireless internet at every rest stop (kudos!); and Indiana made route 80, which has been free since California, a toll road (hiss!). The detour off of route 80 up north to Michigan for a couple of days was to see a friend who lives near Kalamazoo. This provided a little break from the monotony of the highway. We had some nice meals and a couple of good movies on the TV in his house. (Finally saw “Master and Commander” with Russell Crowe, and enjoyed it.) Kalamazoo proved to be a beautiful little city with a great walking downtown area, with our host (Steve) serving as our tour guide. But today I am glad to be back on the road, headed for home and hearth. (Read: “big screen TV”) The trick will be to get to Route 80 without too much delay. As I sit writing this, we are in suburban Michigan, where Lorraine has noticed yard sale signs, and persuaded me to stop at one. We don’t need anything, we have no space to carry anything, and we don’t have the time to spare. But all of that is trumped by the fact that she asked me nicely.