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...

I-90 Today we started the VERY long drive towards Chicago about 1300 miles away!! We really didn't do much as we spent most of the day driving. Although we were able to appreciate the scenery in Wyoming. Although the terrain itself is mostly flat the colours of the landscape are amazing and occasionally we would come across a rocky formation in the middle of nowhere or an oil well just planted in a field at the side of the road. It was dark when we finally reach...

Yellowstone National Park We started early so as to get the most out of the day in Yellowstone. It began with a short drive to the park gates with the fee of $25 we thought was quite reasonable. Yellowstone has few roads other than those that lead to a kind of figure of eight incorporating 90% of the park's most interesting features. Including Old Faithful, Mammoth Hot Springs, Grand Prismatic Spring and Geyser basins. Before getting onto the loops we had a driv...