We got up early today, and actually left for Chicago on time. We said our goodbyes to my Aunt Jerry, who thought we were going to leave later in the day. It was a sad good-bye as we drove down the road. We hope that she makes it out to Los Angeles soon. She said that she would like to travel and see everyone in Los Angeles, so I am hoping to see her soon. The weather in Columbus was great. The temperature all weekend was in the low 80s with about 40% of humidity, which was a welcomed relief after the hot and humid weather that greeted us in southern Illinois.
I had mentioned to my dad that if we left Columbus on time that I would like to stop and see the Air Force Museum, which is outside Dayton, Ohio. Since we did leave on time and made great time to Dayton, we decided to stop. Lisa and my mom were not exactly jumping up and down by this little detour, but Miles was all for it. The price was right, since there was no admission fee.The museum has five areas, which are early flight and World War I, World War II, Cold War era, modern era and space.
It was all very impressive, but I found the early flight, World War I and World War II planes the most interesting. My dad and I could have spent the entire day in the museum, and my mom had to keep telling my dad to catch up to the rest of us. If you remember, my dad and I like to read all the information and details about the exhibits. Today, I was reading less than usual, since I knew our time was limited. We did want to get to Chicago by the end of the day. My dad, however, was reading just about everything. He did give up after my mom told him to hurry up after about the sixth or seventh time. We did end up spending two hours at the museum and did see almost everything. We didn’t get to read everything, but we did walk through most of the galleries.
The rest of the trip to Chicago was pretty much uneventful. At one point, Miles let loose some gas, and Samantha, who in the last year has decided that any gas is disgusting, gave out her usual response of “eeewww.” It doesn’t matter what type of gas or even if you politely excuse yourself. It is always “eeewww.” This time Miles didn’t agree with her as he stated that it wasn’t just “eeeewww,” that it was “totally eeewww.”
As we got to Chicago, it was prime time rush hour, which made our drive to the campground that much harder. It’s bad enough that the freeway system in Chicago is poorly designed, but they always seem to be working on the roads to make them that much worse. Maybe it is their way to deter people from moving there. It was making Lisa crazy, which isn’t hard. She hates traffic and she especially hates it in places that she has no idea of where she is going. I believe that my dad and I mentioned that Chicago traffic is bad, but she wasn’t prepared for how bad it can be, which added to her displeasure. At one point, she mentioned she didn’t want to go into town tomorrow because the traffic is bad. I told her that we are going to go downtown. We did make it to the campground without a whole lot of trouble. At least, we didn’t run into any physic experiments.
As for the weather, let me say what a difference a week makes. I know that we are about 300 miles north of where we were last week, but the weather in Chicago is very cold by comparisons. The wind was blowing pretty hard and the temperature was about 70. I guess that I shouldn’t be surprised by this. It is Chicago, and it is called the Windy City.
We drove a total of 451 miles to day. We have driven a total of 3625 miles for the entire trip. We spent 78 dollars on gas today.
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