As a result of my laziness, we had an extremely late departure.
On our way out of Toledo, we discovered the city is home to Daimler-Chrysler. Sort of cool.
Finally on our way to Chicago...
We were extremely excited to meet up with Anne, Andrew, and Tarak. But somewhere in Indiana, temptation got the best of us. We saw signs pointing to Amish country.
DETOUR!!!
(I developed an unusual fascination with the Amish about 10 years ago. It happened around the same time "Weird Al" Yankovic came out with "Amish Paradise," a parody of the hip hop song "Gangsta's Paradise." I guess my obsession never waned.)
Apparently, so was Jina!
Tarak and Anne were so nice to meet us for a yummy Italian dinner. The gnocci was divine. See you guys in July!
*Rock stars*
Andrew had a tender moment at dinner so this is his dedication to Miles.
Andrew and his brother are also roadtripping to SoCal.
During our way-too-brief stop in Chicago, Tarak managed to seduce us with his talk of the Historic Route 66. How could we resist the mainstreet of America?! After dinner, we made the 3-hour drive to Springfield and set up camp at yet another Hampton Inn.
Tomorrow's destination on our GPS: St. Louis (hopefully for some succulent BBQ!)
4 comments:
Hey Julie ... might want to minimize your coffee intake ... That pic of you in front of the Amish sign is waaaaay to perky (looks like you're in the middle of a rendition of orphan annie's tomorrow)... you're in amish country for crying out loud!!! J/K haha. Looks like u guys are having a blast!
yo lads-are we there yet?! lol...
safe travels!
-george
Montgomery, who are you?!
Hint ... possibly in process of getting Strep thanks to your sandwich of death! :)
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