Day 4: Sioux Falls - Lake Forest. 559 mi.

I ain't missing you at all, since you've been gone away ...

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name ...

Come on babe, Why don't we paint the town?And All That Jazz

Today we awoke to an inch of ice on the truck and a parking lot that could have hosted Stars on Ice. Needless to say, the Fabulous Father borrowed a scraper and went to work, and we left slightly later than anticipated, with the hopes of making up time along the way. We hit the main road after pillaging the complimentary breakfast bar and were on our way. And that's when the fog hit. FF - now known as Foghorn Leghorn - made it for an hour before the stress of driving through freezing rain of the night before combined with less than 50 yards of visibility combined to exhaust him. I took the wheel and carried on - it wasn't too bad if you assume that there will be taillights ahead if there's a problem. I mean, it's essentially a road that goes straight east, right? So I cranked it up to 65 and sailed along. It got patchy, which was a good thing, as we went, but we really didn't see Minnesota at all. Nor most of Wisconsin, although we took a moment to think about cheese curds. (Mmmm, cheese curds. A key ingredient in poutine.)

The challenges in this cross country adventure seem to always come after dark - Sunday night is was freezing rain, tonight it was a detour to I-94 through downtown Milwaukee (Schlemiel, schlimazel, hasenpfeffer incorporated!), followed by over-shooting the Lake Forest exit by almost 12 miles. But we made it! Ignoring the white signs with big black truck outlines surrounded by a red circle with a line through it, we wended our 16 foot Penske truck through the streets of Lakes Forest and Bluff to the lovely home of longstanding family friends. We were greeted with glasses of wine, a delightful cheese tray, and a champagne and lobster dinner. Fell asleep on luxurious Italian linen sheets before the head hit the pillow, and slept so sweetly. Tomorrow is a day of rest, not to mention Shuesday!

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