Progress isn't something with which we're well-acquainted. That's why, instead of being here, we're in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Yeah, I don't know where it is, either. But the hotel's reasonable. The Super 8 is definitely better than this place. So is staying in the car.
Some things we learned today:
1. Check your tire pressure often, especially when driving in very cold weather. Healthy tire pressure means better gas mileage and much less wear on your tires. Be safe.
2. Just pay the tolls on I-90. Don't try to drive around the interstate, because then it will take over four hours to get from Rockford to downtown Chicago. It's only 70 miles, folks. Just fork over the quarters.
3. Don't be in too big a hurry. If you bust your butt to get where you're going, you just might miss one of the coolest dinosaur skeletons in the world, and at a museum having a free day, no less! I'd post pictures, but I left the camera in the car, and its about six degrees below zero right now. I'm going to stay in the room where the hotel is paying for the heater to blow at full tilt.
4. Truck stops are sad places.
5. We've now lost three hours of our lives on this trip. Time zones are weird.
It's bedtime, and I've got to just admit that we'll already in Virginia by the time I get y'all caught up on how much work it was to get out of Oregon.
The Travel Channel is playing a Best Burgers special. Having cable will make me fat.
Anyone have any suggestions for places to stop or see between Indianapolis and Virginia Beach? Please let us know! We're probably going to backtrack tomorrow to Purdue just so we can check out the city and campus. I know, it's crazy and maybe even a waste of gas, but I'm not sure we really want this trip to end. It's a very gratifying thing to be able to spend 23 1/2 hours a day in extremely close proximity to someone and love them every bit as much as ever before. More, even. I keep a lot of definitions of love on a list in my head, and some way or another this trip will go on it in a prominent place.
Cheers to y'all.
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