Road Rules

My driving shift is over which means I get to enjoy a nice cold beer! We have found a great system of drinking either iced coffees or red bulls (on occasion 1 of each) during your driving shift to keep you awake. Then when you are finished you get to treat yourself to a couple of beers to help make you tired so can go to sleep. Sounds a bit nutty, but it works. We finally made it to Wisconsin and we are hoping to be in Chicago in 3-4 hours. We are already gaining support of the biker community, especially the Harley owners, they often times gives us a wave as they pass us by.

On a completely different subject…you would think that crossing the Mississippi River would be quite exciting (especially after being landlocked for so long) but it paled in comparison the delicious sandwiches that Lisa made us for lunch! They were quite possibly the worlds best…either that or we were just thankful that we didn’t have to eat fast food or anything pre-made! Taking the time to buy some groceries was a brilliant idea!

Later that day…

Day 3 and we FINALLY got to take a shower!! We are incredibly thankful to Robin’s parents, Christa and Al who live in Chicago, for the warm hospitality, the awesome food, and the most incredible shower ever!! You can’t even imagine how grateful we are to them, especially since we didn’t leave there until midnight. Freshly showered and bellies full we hit the road with a certain spring in our step. Things are really starting to look up for us. We are making good time and have been really lucky not to get stuck in any major traffic. We are taking all the city bypass routes in order to save time, and aside from a few construction zones we are traveling along at 100k. It’s time for me to try and get some shut eye before my driving shift…next stop…Ohio!


Michigan….????

Okay, it’s 3:00am and we finally made it to Michigan! Only here’s the catch…we aren’t supposed to BE in Michigan!! Lisa and I went to sleep and left Glen alone at the helm. Now the funny thing is that I left Glen with the driving directions just before heading off to bed. He even repeated them back to me….Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania….so why is it when I woke up at 3am and asked where we were, Glen replies “Michigan” and then proceeded to tell me that Michigan was on the route. Oh, it’s on A route, just not OUR route! Anyway, after pulling out the map again, we were indeed heading in a north-easterly direction which would take us hours out of the way and totally mess us up time wise. In the end, we found a way back to Indiana and to the I-90 east to Ohio. We lost about an hour and a half but gained so much in experience and map reading skills, and let’s not forget that Glen and Lisa got to go to another state they had never been to before!

-jeannie