CD-A176 has been hit. N41.3838 W-88.4925

Early this morning (6:30 a.m. CDT), I set out for the 22 mile journey
from my house. Back country roads, early in the morning and the flat
features of Illinois made it so I was there in record time (don't want
to post the time, lest a state trooper is listening!).

The choice of these particular coordinates prove randomness and bell
curve theory better than any statistics course could. Most of
Illinois is corn or bean field farmland, divided by a grid of roads
running due north-south and due east-west. That accurately describes
this location to the letter.

I approached from the northeast, and came in on country roads. The
particular road on which I was driving got me no closer than 0.67
miles, so I followed it south over Interstate 80 and drive a mile west
on Route 6 (which parallels I-80). From there I picked up Pioneer
Road, which also crossed over I-80. My GPS indicated the point that
it was due east of my position, and I parked the car and got out with
my camera.

I was in the middle of a cornfield, with a little culvert - no water
in the ditch, but also no corn. Had I been wearing appropriate
clothes, I could have gotten closer, but the terrain would not have
changed. At the final stopping point I was 0.15 miles due west of the
dash point, with nothing around but a mile of corn in every direction
and the road I came in on. I consider this spot hit.

I shot up my role of film to make a 360° panoramic shot, and will post
the composit after I get the film developed. Thanks for an
interesting trip.

Markwell