Day Two

Neither Day One nor Day Two went as planned.  So what else is new?  We aborted our plan to leave the house on Day One because 5:00 p.m. rolled along and we just weren't ready to go.  We did get out of the house yesterday at about 4:45 p.m. and ran straight into rush-hour traffic on the outbound Stevenson.  It took us almost two hours to get to the Joliet area, but sailing was smooth after that and we ended up spending the night in Warrenton, MO.

Notable sights included: a guy poking a huge snapping turtle with his umbrella on the shoulder of the Stevenson, two different crop dusters flying their aerobatics a few feet from the roofs of the cars on the Interstate, and a bird committing suicide by means of our car.

The dogs are being their usual charming selves.  Sadly, I'm not able to provide them with enough floor space in the Acadia for Maggie to be comfortable all the time, so she's pretty fidgety, but I'm able to tune that out.  It sure meant they slept very soundly last night.  They got me up at 8, meaning only about 6 hours of sleep, but at least I didn't sleep through the "free" "Continental" breakfast.  The breakfast featured a badass pancake machine like the one pictured here (http://www.gearculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/chefstack-pancake-machine.jpg), but I missed the waffle maker: I can make my own pancakes at home.