Two reasons I went out of my way a little bit to drive through this town. One, from 1989 to 1993 I worked for a company that had a branch office in Peoria. I met some of the staff from the Peoria office but only when they came to kansas City. Thus, I had a small connection to the town for that reason. I did find/photograph the office building as apparently it is still in use. Nice large building.

Two, a silly reason, is because of that old line "But will it play in Peoria?". So I was here to say that I looked to see if IT would play here. Answer: dunno!

I drove out of town towards Chicago on highway 17. It was a pretty drive. I was impressed.