Day 18 - Portage - Indiana Dunes - Chicago Day Trip Bit of a sleep in this morning before heading off on a day trip to Indiana Dunes Lake Front and Chicago City. Out on the Lake at Indiana Dunes Western Beach we waded out into the cold waters of Lake Michigan (just because we could) with the sky scrapers of Chicago peeking well above the horizon on the lake 30 odd miles to the west. We took the more sedate, slower route into the city eventually driving along ...

Day 17 - Bloomington, Illinois to Portage, Indiana. A rude awakening this morning as we awoke to a very chilly 2degs C and as we headed outside the wind cut through us like a knife and had us all reaching for our wind-jackets - no wearing shorts today! Tony received a lovely birthday surprise from the girls with a adorable hand made card created by Nikita. Left Bloomington around 9 am and regained Route 66 passing thru miles and miles of cornfields stretching...