midwestuary one

It was a fourteen hour drive to Midwestuary, drive time, not counting stops. There was the bonus stress of reports of unlicensed immigrant truckers making the roads more dangerous.

I'm sitting in a nature reserve near Chicago. Midwestuary is one of the offline manifestations of an online community, still trying to cling together after the lockdown trauma.

I ended up making most of the drive straight, but grabbed a couple hours at a rest stop when I was gonna show up at the church at 4 am.

Drove in early, cause night driving solo in lanes 3 wide let me know not to be there at 7. Stopped by the Elmhurst Church and then today's BBQ park, where I snatched another couple hours. They were accepting volunteers at the Church for the event starting at 10.

Woke up to a dead battery, as indicated by the driver side window not moving.

Shouted my distress to the online community forming offline for this event. James was the first to show, fella who did his rando on the SMO channel, before TLC had a name.

He didn't have cables, so I sent him to the Church to look for some. Three minute drive and 47 minute walk. Go figure.

The preserved Park is a Pretty Place to be portmanteau’d.