So, where do I start? Today was the first day of our mammoth 4,000 mile road trip and we decided to start with one of our longest driving days. We like to jump in at the deep end! We picked the car up (Sandy, short for Sandra, some sort of Chrysler, she's white, has air con and our luggage fits in the boot...all the important things you need to know) from the loop, the equivalent of the west end, and had to battle with driving on the wrong side of the road, in th...

Well, it's 5am but there are no Monday blues here! Today our road trip starts proper and we pick up our car and drive to St Louis, about 350 miles away. I am a little sad to leave Chicago, I really like it here, but excited to start a new adventure. I was worried that we wouldn't have time to see much of Chicago but I feel like we crammed so much into a day that we have a really good feel for the city. It's hard to believe we haven't even been here 2 days - it ...

I was awake at 1.11, 3.33, 4.44 there's a pattern here! It's just how fast the night changes. Stayed awake after that and we were actually quite pleased we had slept that long, this jet-lag thing is over-rated!! We have a load planned for today so when reading this you'll get a before (plans) and after. (reality!) Firstly we've done some washing, used our washing line (see photo section) been for a workout (#joandclairesadventures on Instagram) and all before bre...

It's 5.30am and nobody slept in the house! Apart from Paddy, who seemed have his best night ever tucked in between his Grandma and Grandpa! Managed to break the hard drive with the iTunes on, so we only have a very limited playlist on the iPod which is disappointing after spending so long sorting the playlists out, but hey ho! One more thing to mend when we're back!! So it was suitcases in the boot, an emotional goodbye to Mum and the Dogs and we are away, on r...

So, we've arrived in Chicago. What a day! Our flight ended up taking off 45 mins late. Other than that, it was pretty smooth but neither of us got much (any) sleep, so after no sleep last night we are exhausted. We both watched Annie (the new version) and The Kingsman and played a few games of Who Wants to be a Millionaire... The addition of a teeny tiny fab lolly half way through the flight was a welcome distraction too! We finally landed in Chicago at 1pm (7pm...