Chicago ideas?

Update from the road - Bert's driving, I'm posting from my phone, we're listening to the Patriots game on the radio, and Vrabel just intercepted a Roethlisberger pass which Cassel converted for a touchdown. Life is good.

We should get into Chicago by 7PM tonight, mainly because Ohio is pressing hard to overcome New York as the worst state ever by not having any EZPass toll booth lanes. We just made it 5 miles in 50 minutes...

Anyways, we're looking for ideas in what to do in Chicago. Currently, the only things we have planned are making stops at Wrigley Field and the SAE National Headquarters, and going to a place called Nookie's for breakfast (thanks, Steph). Any ideas? We're spending the whole day there tomorrow.

ML

Four States Down, Six To Go

Good morning!

Well, we left yesterday at 8:15AM and after 14 hours, 660-some-odd miles, a mid-day stop at the Baseball

 Hall of Fame, and hearing Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" on the radio a total of twelve times we finally made it to Cleveland, Ohio! 

On the way here, what we thought would be a quick detour to Cooperstown, NY for the Baseball HOF, ended up being quite the backroad adventure through a few New York towns that eas

ily set the scene for the next "Hill Have Eyes." We were pretty sure all along that GoogleMaps was playing a trick and leading us to the middle of nowhere, when low and behold tiny little Cooperstown, NY appears out of the woods. 

Paul joined Bert and I for the HOF tour as we observed the displays and read about the history behind why the Red Sox and so great and the Yankees are terrible. The town itself is pretty much exactly what you would expect: one main drag where every shop and restaurant had a baseball theme and claimed to have the best souvenirs or the most peanuts and crackerjacks. Definitely a stop every baseball fan should make at some point in their lives but be ready for seeing awhole lot of nothing on your way there. 

Another four hours later and we were finally out of the state of New York, away from its awful drivers, and eventually into Ohio - see the excitement in the Pennsylvania picture. Cleveland seems like it has a lot to offer, but we didn't get in until three hours after that at 10:30 so the only thing on our minds was food (and a few beers). Needless to say, seeing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will have to come another day, as we're off to Chicago now. It's a short drive today, only 6 hours, so we can get there in time to watch the Pats 

game. Hope everything's well back home in Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, or wherever else that may be!

GO PATS!

ML

Getting Ready To GO

Hey there friends and family! In case this blog and news of my move is taking you by surprise, let me fill you in on a little bit of the background...

Part of my job requires me to change positions and divisions every eight months for two years. I started out down in Middletown, CT and have been getting by in South Windsor, CT since April. And now, for a bit of a change, I'll be out in Denver, CO until next summer. Instead of going through the hassle of shipping everything I own, including my car, across the country, I decided I'd take it all out there myself and make it a five-day road trip adventure. Crazy. I know.

My college buddy, Bert, and my dad will be joining along for different legs of the drive as I make my way to Denver via the "northern" route through Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado.

The plan is to take of this Saturday morning and make it to Cleveland by that night, hit up Chicago by Sunday night and hang out there for the whole next day, make it to Omaha on Tuesday, and have the Colorado Rockies in sight by Wednesday night. I'll try and update this blog daily with photos and stories from my phone.

Well, I've had my fill of turkey and stuffing for the night and am looking forward to a full day of packing, saying "goodbye", and not Christmas shopping tomorrow. Happy Thanksgiving!!

ML