9/24/14 - Day 10

We followed the group of ," newlywed and almost dead tourists", to the to a breakfast place where the food was good and not to spicy.  There was Tabasco to give it a kick, if you want it.  As we were leaving the first set of newlyweds came in for breakfast, it was about 10 am.  That classification if tourists tends to sleep late, I guess. 

We got  on the road about 10;30.  We had  slept in late, too because we had two long days on the road trying to make up time and distance we lost to two consecutive days of car repairs.  Unfortunately, we weren't able to make up enough time to fit in a visit with family and friends in Wisconsin and Minnesota.  They will have to do without seeing our charming selves, this time. Sorry Aunt Ruth and everyone else.  It just wouldn't work.

Our trip was uneventful and even without not much traffic,   The leaves are starting to show their fall colors of bright yellows and dark reds. We did have to make a stop so Joe could purchase a fridge magnet from Wisconsin.  He is collecting one from each state we go through for a friend.   He almost forgot but we stopped at the last exit where he was able to get one.  There was a cheese theme in the gift shop, so he also got cheese curds, cheese and crackers. 

Joe trying to locate a funny sound with snacking mouse in background

what state am I  in again?

After a six and a half hour trip we got into our hotel outside of Chicago just before the full effect of the rush hour traffic could slow us down any more.  Google maps indicated that there was road construction on the express toll way in a few spots.  What it didn't show was that the construction was the full length of the highway.  We had to travel 45 mph for what seemed like hours.  I am sure it was. Tomorrow we head for downtown Chicago and find the starting point of Route 66.