From St Louis to Chicago

I haven't discovered how to load more than 3 per post, so I will write about our trip over several posts so you can see more pictures.

 

We were suppose to leave St Louis around 9am but last minute packing went slow as we couldn't fit everything into 16 cases and had to decide what to leave behind. We finally left after 10am and then had to stop at the licence office to get Gary's driver licence fixed (they had made a mistake and couldn't fix it until Tuesday morning). So it was around 10.30am before our journey really started.

 

We had rented a 15 seater van and only just fit us all in with the luggage. We are pleased to report that the drive was uneventful. We stopped at McDonalds for lunch (the last time for a long time) but because of the late start we had to eat in the van.

 

We arrived at O'Hare Airport just before 4.30pm. Chicago is called the 'windy city' and on Tuesday we discovered why. The wind was so strong and bitterly cold.

As most of you know Deanna likes to wonder away so we brought the collapsable stroller to keep her with us. Unfortuantely it broke before we even got into the airport!! I wish you could have seen the faces of the people who were at the check in desk. They saw the amount of luggage we had and looked at each other to see who was brave enough to check us in. In the end they all helped!

A huge thank you to Robert and Chris for drving us to the airport and returning the van.

Michelle