Onwards and upwards...

Right well its more or less been 2 days (or at least something like that) since the last update. We checked out of the Hilton Hotel in Chicago, and went to McDonalds for a McGriddle breakfast. Sounded weird to me, but I had the sausage McGriddle and it turned out to be sausage in the middle of 2 small pancakes. Delicious! Then we got the subway all the way across Chicago back to O'Hare airport which took around about an hour. We made it to the car rental place and although it was a surreal place (I'm sure the others will tell you why) we eventually decided on a car (a Jeep that we have yet to christen with a name) to take us along route 66.

Our first order of business was to go to a place just outside of Chicago in Indiana called Gary! (please see pictures) and then we set out down the state of Illinois to St. Louis. It was quite late at night at this point (well we did have to travel 300+ miles to get there) so we couldn't see much, and I was asleep for some of the journey, so either Jonny or Gary will have to fill you in with what was along the first part through Illinois. But what I did see was quite flat ground with views that go on for miles. There are constantly different road signs helping you to find the old Route 66 road, and little rest stops and items of interest along the way.

When we made it to St. Louis and found our Hotel, the Renaissance Hotel, it was quite late at night, and after eating we prepared for the next day.

Today we have been to a local baptist church, called the New Hope Baptist Church. This was a very good experience and everyone there was very welcoming and interested in what we were doing and had to say. We each had to stand up in front of the congregation at the end of the service and tell them a little about why we were visiting and what we were doing (a new experience let me tell you!)

After that we ventured into St. Louis to find out what the city itself was like. So, after eating, we found out that an Ice Hockey game was happening at 5pm in the afternoon. We quickly got tickets and geared up to watching american sports for the next couple of hours. It was definitely a fun experience and the St. Louis Blue Notes I think is Jonny's new Ice Hockey team that he will be following.

Well I don't want to go on too much or in too much detail or no one else will have anything to say, so suffice to say its been busy but an interesting time.

Tomorrow we travel further along Route 66 - stay tuned!