Fireflies!

4 states, nearly 500 miles, and just under 12 hours from the time we left our campground northwest of Chicago till we arrived in Erie. Lots of driving today, so no pictures. But I do have some observations from our trip so far: gas gets cheaper as you get east (was in the $3.79 range through much of the west, bit lower in the midwest , and as low as $3.24 today in Toledo - but spiked to $4.29 in metro Chicago); windshield roadkill also diminishes as you get east (at earlier gas stations stops, the windshield was covered in bugs, not so much recently); the higher the highway tolls, the worse the roads (states without tolls have great highways -- Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, midwest states -- but in Indiana and Ohio, both with high tolls, the roads stink!).

And tonight at our campsite, we enjoyed a nice surprise -- fireflies! None of us had ever seen real, live, glowing fireflies -- they are all over the place here and were a fun welcome as we took a dusk walk.

Tomorrow, on to Niagara Falls!