After having such a lovely evening in Stillwater, MN, we set out for Chicago, IL. Fortunately, the drive wasn't nearly as long, but we did run into some traffic and were fairly late getting into the big city. We drove through Wisconsin and saw many a cow and many a state trooper. It was rather strange. The only thing we were a little upset about was not eating any ice cream while we were there. We DID eat some cheese curds that were quite tasty.
We arrived in Chicago around 6:30 Tuesday night. We were supposed to be meeting someone out for dinner AT 6:30, and that didn't happen because of the crazy traffic. I should have known, but I haven't been to the Windy City in a long time and forgot just how big and traffic-y it was.
After dinner, Brian and I decided that we wanted to knock around the city a while. We had a really light dinner and figured that we couldn't leave Chicago without having a piece of pizza. We stopped by this little place for a slice and were sitting outside. We heard some music coming from somewhere, and soon saw where...there was a big party bus going down the street. Because we were sitting outside, we got to see the show. There were probably 30 really drunk people on this bus. Some of them were dancing on the tables on the bus, others were just yelling out the window. They were stopped at a red light for a while right next to the restaurant. This couple sitting next to us (who looked to be in their mid-50s) started dancing to the music coming from the bus and tried to get everyone at the restaurant to join. As the light turned green, and the bus started moving, one girl on the bus decided to leave us with a little present...she bent over, pulled up her skirt and shined her big naked butt at us. Wasn't that nice?
We stayed at the Conrad in Chicago. It was one of the nicest places we have ever stayed. Yes, and if you look below, it IS directly next to Nordstrom. I was a good girl and didn't buy any shoes (but only because we couldn't fit another thing in our car).
The next day, we got up for our EXTREMELY long drive to Buffalo. I decided to drive the first leg...that was a pretty big mistake. WORD TO THE WISE: Don't rely on your GPS to get you out of a city of tall buildings...it does not work!! I have no idea how we got out of there. The lady in the GPS kept yelling "Re-calculating" over and over again. I finally saw signs pointing us to I-90 and followed them. This little country girl just got a nice lesson in city drivin'!
We drove through many states, and saw lots and lots of corn farms. Who knew that we grew so much corn!! We went through 5 states that day to get to Buffalo, NY (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York). On the way, after we had made it into NY state, I saw a really cool rainbow. I don't think I have ever seen one end to end, but i did in New York.
Corn as far as the eye can see...
We made it to Buffalo pretty easily and without much traffic. We arrived, and checked into our hotel, and went to grab a bite to eat...Buffalo Wings. As we left the hotel for dinner, we noticed that Buffalo is pretty dead at night. The next day, we noticed that Buffalo is pretty dead during the day too. After a tasty (and free) breakfast, we were off to the Adirondacks!
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