Long day, but a good one. Started the day quite a bit early, as the hostel had some early wakers. I found, yesterday, a problem with my air conditioning, and I wanted to get it fixed, but unfortunately, the gentleman I went to quoted approximately three hundred dollars just to look at it. I decided I could live without A/C until a mechanic that won't gouge me. Had a nice breakfast at a bagel place, bought an all-day CTA rail and bus pass, and went downtown to...

So driving is getting a bit old. I'm glad the next phase of my trip doesn't actually include many long stretches of driving, since two days of 9+ hours in a row is really annoying, especially since the tolls are so ludicrous, and my shoulder's been hurting. It's not getting better as quickly as I had hoped, but it's taking about as long as I expected. I'm glad I thought to bring audiobooks, or I'd be going insane. I've listened to nearly two Terry Pratchett bo...