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Day 74


The Ohio State’s Capitol in Columbus.


The owner of this Russian store called “Russian Home” in Columbus, Valeriy Petrosyan, is sharing the history of a photograph with the legendary hockey players Valery Kharlamov and Boris Mikhailov.


An Ohio farmer-mennonite in his office.


An Amish girl at the farmer’s auction near the town of Charm, Ohio.

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A biker on the exit of Hwy 69 near the city of Lawrence, Indiana.


Indianapolis – one of only a few cities that are both the largest in the state and its capital.


A young soldier of the national guard is missing his home.


On a stroll through the very hot and very humid capital of Indiana.

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Alla and Nikita in the half-empty neighborhood that surrounds the long-dead Packard Plant in Detroit, Michigan.


The view of Canada across the Detroit river from the hall of the GM Renaissance Center skyscraper.


Piano duet.


Ruslan is playing in a huge sandpit in downtown Detroit.

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Papa with his two daughters are observing the aftermath of papa’s inattentiveness in the town of Belleville, Michigan.


Alla is capturing the successful crossing of a high-speed street by a low-speed reptile.


It didn’t occur to this proud Michigan turtle that we saved its life twice: once by not running over it, and a second time by protecting it from the tires of an oncoming truck.

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Ruslan is trying to fly our Phantomasik in the heart of Chicago (though unsuccessfully – the skyscrapers are blocking the satellites).


Riding around on the Chicago Metra system.


A nice rear side of a veteran skyscraper.


The metro selfie.

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The view of a miniature evening Chicago at the Museum of Science and Industry.


Alla is preparing for her head scan in the CAD software for printing on 3D printer.


On the highest level technological selfie.


A busted fire hydrant, the aggressive glares of young loafers surrounding our car, and a homie in blue shorts, who just jumped on our car hood – Englewood – one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago.

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Guests of the city are enjoying a bus tour around downtown Chicago welcome a sudden thunderstorm.


Street musicians, each in their section, create a special atmosphere.


The magnificent “Wind City” after the rain.


A Chicago bride.

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Chicago’s architectural eclecticism.


The tree arabs.


A security guard in one of many parks on Michigan Avenue in the financial district of Chicago.


Teenagers in the reflection of Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park.

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A fragment of the petrol tank collection at the Harley Davidson-Museum, showing the color designs of different models produced by a legendary brand for over seventy years.


Hauler Joseph is introducing Alla to the specifics of the on-board computer inside his Kenworth truck cabin.


A squeaky-clean and happy Alla in the shower room of a Pilot truck stop; Hwy 94 between Milwaukee and Chicago.


Ruslan is dropping off post cards from the just-visited state to our parents and friends. On the border of Wisconsin and Illinois.

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An uncommon occurrence: the downtown of the small town of Monroe in Wisconsin is built around the town hall, following by an old european tradition.


Ruslan is by an enormous and the most intense pile of manure he has ever seen or smelled in his life.


The total 1,896kg weight of our car points to the fact that we are carrying around approximately 180kg weight of our belongings.


A power plant in Milwaukee, the biggest city in Wisconsin, near the spot where we are planning to spend the night.