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WARNING: This isn't the first time I have mentioned this, and certainly isn't the last. It's more like the umpteenth time. It's about trying to get more posters on the message board. Writing and typing my thoughts is what helps me think about what I'm trying to accomplish. That's all.
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Not too long ago, I looked back on my proposed and never accomplished Road Trip and saw something wasn't right with it. Something wasn't right with the timing, too. The RT originally had me traveling in two circular shapes: a small one through the Sauk Valley area and a big one starting and ending at Galesburg. This would be difficult to accomplish.
Then when looking at our surviving playoff teams, I thought of a better idea. Four teams that are still in the running are Cambridge, Galena, Plano and Harvard. The, or close to the, four corners of the area.
Ahh, the four corners process. The gold represents the Sauk Valley area, which surrounds the epicenter of the coverage area, Sterling. That task doesn't seem too bad. I've astricked the dense population areas. However, this process does not hit the anchor areas. I'd let the connecting process take care of itself. This idea is also best in order to retain the box-like boundaries of the coverage area.
What would happen if I were to make Freeport, the QCA, Princeton, and DeKalb the four centers? (Sorry, but uploading another picture will distort the structure of the blog entry) The chances of that process retaining the box area is not as great as the pic above. Sure, I could let the connecting process take care of itself as well in this area. However, an anchor city is more likely to take notice of the spreading process taking place in the four corners, than a corner city is to take notice of the spreading process in the anchors.
That would, in turn, overlap the Sauk Valley area with the four anchors. Lanark, Oregon, Amboy and Erie - the four corners of the Sauk Valley area, would experience influence from two directions.
So that would put out four seperate trips, outside of Sterling's area:
1. QC/Galesburg/Princeton/Erie - key stop: Geneseo
2. Princeton/Seneca/DeKalb/Leland - key stop: LaSalle-Peru
3. DeKalb/Harvard/Freeport/Oregon - key stop: Rockford
4. Freeport/East Dubuque/QC/Lanark - key stop: Savanna
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