Illinois

June 7, 2010 2 Comments

Time:  9:13am
Mileage:  1377.8
Driver:  Laura
Song:   Forgiven (Allanis Morisette)

The Hoosier State behind us.  Rush hour traffic is delightful heading into Chi-Town.  Just passed U.S Cellular Field (home of the White Sox).  Oh wait, we’re still right next to it.  Did I mention it was rush hour – who planned this stupid route?

Day 2, State Lines
2 Comments to “Illinois”
  1. Laura says:

    I’m very impressed that you manage to cover 3 or 4 (or 7 or 8) states before I even get up in the morning – and I get up early. And that you can cover two different states in less than 10 minutes sometimes! Hope you’re through the Chicago traffic by now. But won’t that be the last big city you go through for a while?

  2. Laura says:

    Where did you get all of the state postcards? It makes for a nice consistent look.

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