Day 6: The Drive to Chicago

Setting off at midday, we did our usual 'take it in turns to do two hours of driving' approach that's working pretty well for us so far. Driving on the interstate road network is a smooth ride, and pretty uneventful most of the time.

This drive was no exception...well, unless you count being pulled over by the police for speeding! And driving through the onslaught of a zero visibility flash hail storm! And the escalation of my sore throat and cold to a full-on fever (now, as I type two days later, passed). And finally, upon reaching Chicago after 7 hours of driving, to be gridlocked on the highway for a full 2 hours on route to our hotel.

Urrrrgh. Fortunatley a really rather excellent audio book ('Montmorency' narrated by Stephen Fry) kept our spirits high, and collapsing that night we at least had a day of fun in Chicago to look forward to.