illinewah part 1

sitting at burger king at some truck stop in illinois. its the morning after our sleep in the parking lot. off to chicago.

crashing into an ocean of clouds which means a. weather will be cool in chicago, and b. the views won't be that great from the tall buildings. i'm sure they will be beautiful, just not perfect. i still can't believe we made it this far yesterday. 55 miles to go. tonight's dinner will consist of a lovely selection at the hard rock cafe. driving through iowa i saw a few signs of places i want to go with kim when we drive home, including the silos and smokestacks museum, mormon trail museum, and hoover's birthplace museum. by then though, i might be all tired out from seeing historical stuff.

tunnel: somewhere in illinois.

freeways are becoming a little more urban. traffic a little more heavy. those clouds seem to be most prominent toward the south. these can't be remnants from the hurricane though. everyone keeps saying we [as in ryan and i] are gonna get dumped on. i have my reasons, but i don't think it'll be that big of a deal. all of a sudden everyone began to drive like retards. they are all going about eight over, which i'm alright with doing, just not used to everyone doing it.

bridge: calmumet river bridge.
bridge: des planes river bridge.

i think we are going the wrong way.