Leaving Chicago After another late night it was a bit of a struggle getting up but we were up and about by midday and met up with Ali and Michael for lunch. En route we went to the post office to finally post the cards we'd been carrying round for the past week, they dont really have post boxes over here and no where else sells stamps!! After lunch we all went to costco where a 53” teddy bear for $30 caught mine and Ali's eyes and we decided it would be perfec...

Willie Torres and the 911 Mambo Orchestra. We headed into the city around midday to see the Chicago Air and Water Show, after parking Near Grant Park we promptly managed to walk in the wrong direction as there are no signs to Chicago's second biggest annual event, so we only arrived for the last 1 ½ hours of the show, we did however have a beautiful walk through the park and alongside lake Michigan which is the same size as the North Sea although Mae discovered...

Fondue and Cheesecake. After only getting in at 7am we slept the rest of the morning, eventually leaving the hotel at 2 p.m. Having been travelling now for a month it is natural that Mae has decided she needs some new clothes. So we head off towards Woodfield mall which is just a couple of blocks from the hotel. This place is HUGE and after wandering around and getting lost for a while, eventually we decided to have lunch at Ruby Tueasday where we order a shri...

Elvis Night After a great nights sleep in the huge bed we got up at about 10 and Michael picked us all up and kindly took us to his house so we could do some laundry, just in the knick of time as I was pretty much out of underwear by this point, our last load of washing having been dome in Fairbanks!! Next Michael and Ali had some jobs to do so they dropped us at a shop called Target, kind of like TJ Hughes, where Andy bought some hair clippers as he was startin...

½ Rib ½ Chicken. We finally arrived in Chicago 2 ½ days after we left Yellowstone. After meeting up with my sister and her friend Michael at the hotel where we would be stealthily sleeping over the weekend we decided to go out for food. We went to an award winning restaurant called Barbecue Bud's where we initially spent 15-20 mins deciphering the menu! We eventually ordered a meal called ½ Rib ½ Chicken and a pink lemonade each. When the food arrived we re...