Welcome to 22 W Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois, former residence of one Mr Elwood Blues. Obviously the building has long since gone, ooo shake your tail feather.
And then iconic Route 66 (we rode that)
Oh and being with Mrs Fogg, we had to go on a walking tour of the Rookery! Which was so dull and boring you wouldn’t believe how dull it could be
”Twas a lovely flight, with an awesome selection of food and falling down water.
Just some of the interesting sights before takeoff (can anyone say cat pyjamas)
And at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago in the executive elevator, a way to relax on the way up
So tomorrow we have an opportunity to Wimbledon around Chicago before we head up to get the trike, but tonight it’s time to crash.
Night all.
When in Rome and all that crap. Decided to upgrade for the sheer hell of it and now we get to use the “lower first class lounge”, you know it’s not full first class cos you got crisps, tetley beer and tea on offer.
Oh but the Mrs found wine
Not sure who the weirdo “photo bomber” is in the background tho
Arrived at Manchester airport and the only sensible thing to do is eat breakfast of course!
Mr Fogg is as always dressed for the occasion in a themed Harley t-shirt.
Roll on Chicago
Where the hell has this year gone? We were only just talking about going to the Harley 115th anniversary like a few days ago (well Feb actually) and suddenly it’s upon us.
In 2 days time we will mount the mighty steed and head off into the sunset.
Can’t wait.
So after a tiring day on the bike, followed by Mrs Fogg cutting the grass (on the sit on mower of course, I think I’ve managed two goes on it before being booted off), time to chill in the summer house with a BBQ
And of course it is so tiring being a cat, you just gotta help yourself to anything
and now it’s so pretty at night
And here we go after 4 months of waiting, it’s taken 11 hours to go from this:
To this:
It’s amazing what you buy when you’re drunk!
Commenced on Thursday
An intense 2 days of window people, builders, painters and building regs people, cutting and smashing walls out, painting and tidying has got us to 95% done. A bit of floor tiling, wall painting, log cabin building and tidy up is all that’s left of this mammoth schedule. Not bad for 5 months.
Has it been worth it, we think so, to move from this lovely little cottage effect house, with poorly fitted wooden windows, Boring Ashley Chintz, poorly fitted and maintained heating system, electrical issues and a leaking garage roof:
To this, a modern, open and airy property with a modern look and feel (including working electrics and heating system that doesn’t cost £276 a month to run):
So by the end of August, fingers and toes crossed, it will all be done and we can try to enjoy it.
KNACKERED!
