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May 2, MTE at Grubsteakers.

address is really rte 251 and rte 64, 15 miles east of Oregon. Afterwards, head to Byron and south on rte 2 to Amboy and east on Old Chicago Road for home.

May do some other searches before 1PM at Grubsteakers. Many locals stop there.

Thank Ken Jacobson for the recommendation and I concur - been stopping there for 50 years.

David Adler

If you take Sterling Road west from Amboy, about a mile,you will come to Bataan Road, turn right and go to Corregidor Road, you will see grass mounds that hide ammo bunkers that were made in 1939 to house torpedoes for the Navy. There are buildings that are used for other things now, but during WWII, torpedo's were built there and then moved them to the bunkers for storage.
When I was there two years ago, we went into one of the bunkers, it was interesting to read the certification card after it was inspected. I guess we must have been preparing for war in 1938.

Thanks Paul
That is the Green River Ordinance Plant which then in the 1980s was a spot where the US Govt was thinking about storing nuclear waste. I have forgotten about going there but can.....

For anyone who wants to ride, I'm meeting a couple of riders at Omega Rest @ 9AM(north of I88 on rte 59) and heading for Amboy on Old Chicago Road - doing the reverse of what I plan to do in the afternoon. I believe there will be time to stop at Green River.

Of course, I could stop at the first Carson Pirie Scott store in Amboy.

Weather is going to be FINE!!!!

Weather was great - food was homemade - the riders who came - good fellowship.

As I posted, I met new member Ingrid Wessel at Omega Rest - no one else showed an missed a David Adler tour of the homeland. Treveled thru Little Rock on Old Chicago Road and gassed in Paw Paw. Passed the Windmill Farm at I39 and noticed that every windmill was working. In the nearly 10 years that I have passed this way, there was always 25-30% of the windmills not rotating. Maybe our economy is finally operating with alternative means.

Proceeded to Amboy. Took pic of plate on Long Branch Inn that the first Carson Pirie Scott store was located there. Walked across the street to the museum(Amboy was a railroad stop on the N-S railroad line of the IC for grains since the 19th Century), met the sister of a basketball player from Amboy whom I played against in HS> Also played football against a brother of her ex- husband and lived as a kid with the English teacher in the HS and who commuted from Oregon. There another example of old home week for David.

Reviewed The Green River Ordinance Depot that Paul Burkett recommended. One additional fact - the torpedoes were made in the plant which is now a mall at DesPlaines Ave/ Roosevelt Road in Forest Park. There are pics in the mall about 1940s.

Continued to Dixon and Rte 2. Stopped at Grand Detour to say hello, give a HUG to a high school classmate and then traveled on Ridge Road to White Pines( another MTE location???), then to Mt Morris, thru Oregon to Grubsteakers.

Paul Wilson was first to show - came out the scenic route 64 from Chicago, then Tom Carlsen showed after passing us in Oregon as he got gas, Greg Chambers and Larry Rosensteil joined riding skills from Oak Park, Ray and Lenore Rankin traveled the patch from Elburn, and a friend from Oregon, former Treasurer of Ogle Co, came to pass the bread. Again, food was great and thanks to Ken Jacobsen for reommending Grubsteakers.

Joke of the DAy:::: Tom Carlsen asked Larry R to evaluate his rear tire - does it have 2000 miles for a trip to CO?????? Well, Tom forgot that Larry R is a Dan Trampel and travel on CORDS and may check the air in his tire monthly - if he thinks about it or someone calls his attention to the tire. Thank goodness we had other expert sources to advise Tom.

Larry R continued to Madison, WI and the rest of us peeled on home. Ingrid and I traveled toward Oregon, took German Chruch Road (curvey)past the nuclear plant to Byron and then proceeded down Rte 2 to Dixon and I88 for home. 264 miles on a geourgous day!!!! Make the good times Roll!!!!
David