The Final Leg of The Trip

There isn't too much to remember from the final leg of the trip. We drove in to Chicago mid afternoon and found the hostel where we would be staying. Got our room, which was poor, but I know if we tried to stay in any hotel close by it would have been mass more and we were done camping. Kelli had gone and taken a shower first and when she came back, she could finally smell me, since she didn't smell herself anymore. HAHA, we were sooo dirty! Not that it's a good thing.. just funny.

The first thing we did was go to the top of the Sears tower to take a look. It was nice, different than I remember it as a kid though. Then, we walked around and found a nice Mexican restaurant to eat.

We sat outside and I guess I kind of thought of it as a mini-celebration, we had just gone and seen a bunch of awesome things throughout our great west. We had been to the Pacific Ocean, we had seen the giant sequoias, and Yosemite valley. We had seen man made structures like Mt. Rushmore and natural structures like Devil's Tower and the arches in Utah. It had always been a childhood dream to head out west to see these things, and I finally got to do it. And with none other than Kelli. She was great for the whole trip.

So, we went out that night to experience the Chicago night scene. Went and saw some bands play, and then went dancing at a bar/club. The next morning we headed home. Kelli drove the whole way, while I read aloud some Orson Scott Card short stories. It was a nice drive home...

We had set up an agreement that if either one of us needed time alone, that the other would be ok with that; no hard feelings. But what was funny is that neither one of us really got to that point. I think there were times when things were a little hectic, when we were running from place to place, or different things causing stress were getting to us but we were able to handle these situations with polite, calm manners (for the most part). And not once, for the entire 17 days (408 hours) we were one the road, did we need to get away from the other. I guess that tells you something... cheesy huh?