by Hairball178 » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:00 pm
I went road tripping for about 300 miles to go Transformer hunting today.
Genarations Wave 1 in Effingham, IL, same in Marshall, IL. TRU in Terre Haute, IN was pitiful...they didn't even have Generations figures, just Animated & ROTF with some HFTD's scattered around. K-Mart there had the Reveal the Shield figs, but I did get Tomahawk while I was there--both stores had a holiday shipper set up in the lawn & gardens dept., and the store on the east side of town had 1 Darkmount & Red Alert. Then I decided "hey, Bloomington's not that far, I'll go there"...and I hit the jackpot at Target: I got 2 Dirge's, Thunderwing, Skullgrin, and WFC Cliffjumper.
It was late on my way back so I had to try to retrace my steps in the dark. I missed my turn coming back on Route 46 at Spencer (I think) and started following Route 67 instead for about 20 miles before I figured I wasn't going the right direction. So at Worthington I decided to trek norhtwest through Clay City and up Route 59 to get back to Terre Haute. THIS ROUTE IS A PORTAL TO HELL. The speed limit is 55, but the ENTIRE PATH is rife with sudden curves with 15mph signs that pop into view out of nowhere. I think I counted like 20 curves, and cursed every moment I seen a curve. One of them had a sign that had been taken out by another vehicle some time back (little wonder why) and almost went off the road.