Thanks for following us as we travel the old mother road.
As others have said we eventually arrived in Chicago and I was very tired after the 36 odd hours travelling from New York with the cancelled flights etc. We had a brief walk around the city and went to touch Lake Michigan - Gary and Ste went a little further around the city than I did as I returned to the hotel to get some sleep.
However, I know that they returned safely as about 4am I was awakened by the cold.... Stephen (who I was sharing the bed with) had completely stolen the duvet. I still had a sheet and thought it was not worth trying to get the duvet back, but just then, in that very moment, Stephen swung around and his flailing elbow connected perfectly with my nose. For a brief moment I was in a bit of pain and a little angry, but it quickly changed into amusement and I couldn't help but laugh at the situation as Ste lay there still fast asleep! What was even funnier is that an hour later I woke up to find Ste in the bathroom with a nose-bleed!!!!! He is not sure how it happened, but I promise it was not me...honestly.
We left Chicago in our lovely Jeep and Gary and I (who will be doing all the driving) had a couple of turns each between Chicago and St Louis. We arrived at St Louis late at night but it is another beautiful city. After Church in the morning (a Southern Baptist Church with a Gospel Choir where we were warmly welcomed and also had a great service) we went into town and found that the local professional hockey team had a game. We could not resist (not that I wanted to) and I really enjoyed the game, talking to some of the local fans around me to find out the rules and doing all the chants to support the team (LETS GO BLUES)! It was a great game although we lost.
We then went to the massive ARCH, which is the gateway between Illinois and Missouri before heading back to the hotel.
Today we set off on Route 66 again, looking forward to seeing the Caves that Jesse James and his game used as a hideout and some of the other nostalgic things along the way. Should be a good day and thanks to you all for keeping up with us and praying for our journey! God bless!
1 comment:
I must say pastor it has been fun looking at the blog each day. And I Also set up my laptop during washing up, so the Maureen, Mary, Duncan and Pat could all see your photo's. They all loved to watch the slide show, I also showed your mum the day before. So I am doing all I can to help interested others take part as well. I was also quite amused at the elbow incident, i believe you when you say you never hit stephen back, pastor, though many might not! Only kidding. Take care, love R
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