It’s early evening in Joliet. We are fed and watered and resting back in our room ready for an early start. Despite threats of more storms the view from our window is of a wonderful sunset. Looking forward to tomorrow. … Continue reading
A bit of a false start, up at 7am for a mile hike to get a healthy breakfast. All packed and sat waiting for the transfer who got the wrong hotel then sat asking us for directions cos he couldn’t … Continue reading
Oh Yes! Bubba Gumps at the Old Navy Pier Chicago and the mother of all drinks a CoronaRita, a half bottle of Corona upside downing Margarita, Pickled liver anyone? Two of these and I’m anyone’s, so to sober up a … Continue reading
Howdy y’all 8.5 hours on a average virgin flight (oh how they have gone downhill). Here we are in Chicago, 6 hours behind the UK in 28 degrees heat. Nice Now walking tour to stretch the legs and more food. … Continue reading
First day of our holiday and things were looking good. Mr Fogg was dispatched this morning on errands while I finished packing and the final bits at home. All was on track. Cue Mr Foggs return with a problem. One … Continue reading
We’ve decided, well ok I’ve decided as part of the Route66 tour to incorporate this with the non-Sensical tour, spotting all those things that really make no sense at all. So to kick off the tour we came for a … Continue reading
Time was you could rely upon Mr Tom Thumb Missile (think about it for a minute) to deliver a decent or semi interesting movie, but of late the Turkeys just keep on coming. First was the exploit of Jack Stretcher … Continue reading
Off to see a movie, so we decided to have Fush n Chups in the local, nicely cooked and a decent price. Sauce sachets are an extra 10p as advertised on the board, so 4 sachets should be 40p right? … Continue reading
Hard day at work dear, what you need is a nice dip in a pool followed by a trip to the sauna, what’s that I hear you say, haven’t got a pool, us neither, sauna, ah well that’s where we … Continue reading
what a glorious day, out on the hog, meeting the Mrs for a spot of brekky, then off to find an antiques store near here so that Mrs Fogg can have a peruse (yawn). Next stop was Langlands so that … Continue reading
