Chicago

After four days on the road, we finally made it to Chicago.  Grumpy used hotwire.com to get us a room at the Hilton for $87/night.  What they don't tell you is, it costs $43/night to park the car! Well, Grumpy is having none of that.  He'll drive around and find someplace cheaper to park, if such exists.  It also costs $7.50/hr to use the internet.  I was miffed at being charged $2.99 to use it 24 hrs at Motel 6 last night in St. Louis.  Little did I know.

Grumpy got excited about going to a White Castle, so we stopped on the edge of St. Louis, and of course it sucked.  Why on earth anyone likes those crappy burgers is beyond me.  He says, well, they're better in Chicago.  Yeah, I'll bet. 

The hotel is right near Grants Park, the Art Institute, and who knows what else.  I expect we'll have a fine time once we get over hotel shock and start wandering around seeing things.  We are here for a week, splurging.  But right now all I want to do is lie horizontal with A/C in our luxurious room with TWO bathrooms.