Probably the most uneventful day of our trip so far. Our music composition came to a grinding halt after a conflict of artistic differences tore the band apart. Miriam will be filming the "Where are they now" in the next couple of days. However, instead of dwelling on the downside let's back up and start with the night sleep at Kendra's aunt Amy's house.
In a very large basement the kids were told to find themselves a spot to sleep. The choices were a couch, a couch pullout, a futon, or a giant beanbag, Sean chose the floor, Miriam on the couch and Bridget on the giant beanbag. While I wrote the post from the day before I watched national Lampoons Vacation as it was very appropriate. The kids ran around outside and played some ping pong and Kendra visited with her aunt until sleep over took us and we all crashed...at 21:00.
We woke up and started day with no coffee, some cereal and fruit and headed out of Columbia. Columbia, MO home to the University of Missouri Tigers with over 26,000 undergraduate students and I couldn't find and goddamn coffee shop. Rolled all the way through town and no friggin coffee. No Starbucks, no "Hppie Cofffee Dreams". Not even a "Dan's Shitty Coffee". We drove for two hours to Springfield before we were able to find a Starbucks. There we made a head call and I got my crappy espresso then we hit the road again. We didn't stop anywhere for sightseeing because we had 5.5 hours on the road and storms were heading our way.
Our only touristy stop was in Louisiana, MO at a Mississippi river overlook and here is the obligatory photo.
We drove over a collection of rust neatly arranged in the vague configuration of a bridge. I puckered my ass so hard I sucked up my own wedgie. Bridget on the other hand was so excited to be driving over such a large body of water she was screaming and laughing all the way.
More rolling hills through Illinois and speed limits of 55 to 65 drove me nuts. That and the rozzers every 5 miles was enough for me to hand the driving over to Kendra. She took the wheel for about an hour and a half and I took a nap. I awoke rested and a little calmer at the God awful speed limits. We were, however, heading straight for the storm that had been moving down from the North. We got caught in a microbust and the wind buffered us hard yet we barreled through. The clouds were showing promise of a tornado but no funnel appeared. It rained on us all the way to Downers Grove and though annoying, it did manage to wash all the bugs off the front of the truck.
We dropped Miriam and Bridget off at one of Kendra's Uncle's house, and Sean, Kendra and I took off to her aunt's house. I was worn out and was unable to write last night. But I got a good nights' rest and Kendra and I are headed to downtown Chicago today.
Today: Limos, Hotels, Tradeshows.
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