Hey! That's My Meijer!

So, I dunno if you've seen the local news, but a plane made an emergency landing on Weber Road in Boilingbrook, Illinois today. Here, allow me to post a copy of the news story:

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Click on it to see it better. See, I was just going to link to it, but the news sources that were all covered in ads, so...I took the ads out and posted it here.

I swear, I am getting to a funny story. Just follow me here.

So, the first time I decide to go to Meijer, it's a trek and an adventure. See, I was tired of blowing entirely too much money at Whole Foods, or at the local grocery store that used to be normal but is now trying to emulate Whole Foods. I decide to go to Meijer.

I know slim to bubkis about the suburbs at this point, having just moved here from the city and all. I drive for about ten minutes, and I see corn fields. AND I GET VERY NERVOUS.

I should stop and explain that in between these stretches of cornfields, they are building McMansions. But you can go looooooong stretches without seeing anything, and then BAM, three Starbuck's and a PF Changs. IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE.

So I come upon Meijer, and there's a bit of clusterfuck going on the in entrance to the parking lot, so I drive to the back entrance. And I keep driving, down this loooooooooong straight road. And then I notice all the windsocks. And then I realize:

I am driving down an airstrip.

I quickly turn around, peeling out pulling 180, and I floor it to get back out to Weber road. There were NO SIGNS. WHATSOEVER. I had no clue that there was an airplane behind the Meijer. I thought it was just the back road that lead to the loading docks.

I thought about it later for awhile, about how someone, eventually, will land their small plane on Weber road instead of the airport. I should have put money on it! DANG IT. Luckily, everyone managed to walk away from the accident. And I managed to not have a plane land on my car, which is always a plus.