Badlands, via Chicago
Tried to post this last night to no avail.
We got out of the O'Connor's casa at 8:36pm, Saturday night. A few rest stops, three tanks of gas, and a full driving rotation found us pulling into the Windy City at 7:30am, local time. I knocked out PA, Clare took Ohio, Kyle took most of Indiana and Tim finished into Illinois.
Chicago held us for 3 hours. Had a quick walk around Millennium Park before breakfast at Lou Mitchell's, which is right where Route 66 starts, apparently. I found it by searching Google for "legendary Chicago breakfast"... It held the first two results. Free donut holes when we walked in, solid food at a decent price, and we got there so early that we missed te line out the door that had formed by the time we were on our way out.
Decided to drive thru the North Side (Lincoln Park!!) and peek at Wrigley Field & Wrigleyville for a moment. Was wishing we coulda gone to the Goose Island Beer Garden.
Got gas and left the North Side at approximately 10:30am, en route to Badlands. Stopped at a Wal-Mart in the middle of Wisconsin for a little bit of groceries, and so Tim could buy all the things he forgot... Towel, flip flops, and a water bottle.
So many random water parks along the highway in Wisconsin. So many wind turbines in Minnesota along I-90. So many bugs on the windshield as we drove.
Stopped again in Sioux Falls, SD at a burger place for dinner called JL Beers. Lots of beer taps, but no tap water? Only bottled? Sioux, weird town.
The Subaru is getting around 22.5 mpg right now, which is less than we were hoping but right around where we estimated.
Made it into camp outside Badlands around 11:30pm, local time. Posting this one from my phone with what little service I have, we'll see how it turns out. Badlands and Mt. Rushmore tomorrow. Cheers.
We got out of the O'Connor's casa at 8:36pm, Saturday night. A few rest stops, three tanks of gas, and a full driving rotation found us pulling into the Windy City at 7:30am, local time. I knocked out PA, Clare took Ohio, Kyle took most of Indiana and Tim finished into Illinois.
Chicago held us for 3 hours. Had a quick walk around Millennium Park before breakfast at Lou Mitchell's, which is right where Route 66 starts, apparently. I found it by searching Google for "legendary Chicago breakfast"... It held the first two results. Free donut holes when we walked in, solid food at a decent price, and we got there so early that we missed te line out the door that had formed by the time we were on our way out.
Decided to drive thru the North Side (Lincoln Park!!) and peek at Wrigley Field & Wrigleyville for a moment. Was wishing we coulda gone to the Goose Island Beer Garden.
Got gas and left the North Side at approximately 10:30am, en route to Badlands. Stopped at a Wal-Mart in the middle of Wisconsin for a little bit of groceries, and so Tim could buy all the things he forgot... Towel, flip flops, and a water bottle.
So many random water parks along the highway in Wisconsin. So many wind turbines in Minnesota along I-90. So many bugs on the windshield as we drove.
Stopped again in Sioux Falls, SD at a burger place for dinner called JL Beers. Lots of beer taps, but no tap water? Only bottled? Sioux, weird town.
The Subaru is getting around 22.5 mpg right now, which is less than we were hoping but right around where we estimated.
Made it into camp outside Badlands around 11:30pm, local time. Posting this one from my phone with what little service I have, we'll see how it turns out. Badlands and Mt. Rushmore tomorrow. Cheers.
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