Days 18 & 19 - KS, MO, IA, IL, IN

So, we made it out of Kansas alive. The hotel was a lot less creepy during the day. We hit the road and kept heading east. We were planning to stop at the Army base in Manhattan, Kansas to see my cousin, Ricky, who is being deployed this week, but unfortunately he couldn't get off the base. So, stay safe, Ricky!

We left Kansas, drove through Missouri, and ended up in Newton, Iowa for the night. We stopped to eat at this place called The Pizza Ranch, which was pretty good. The next morning we overslept and almost missed the checkout time for the hotel.

After breakfast at Perkins, we were on the road again. We drove through Iowa and into Illinois. We got to Chicago around 6:00 so we stopped for dinner. We ended up in the Lincoln Park area and walked around for about an hour before we found something we both wanted to eat. We ended up at Pasta Palazzo, which was a casual place that made homemade pastas. Speaking for myself, I wasn't crazy about Chicago. We didn't stay long after dinner. We decided to keep driving and get some more miles in. We decided to stop for the night in South Bend, Indiana.

Unfortunately, we don't have many pictures from this leg of the trip. We haven't really seen those great landscapes that we saw in other states. All we've seen for miles and miles in farmlands. Not only that, it has been consistently cloudy and rainy since we left Utah. It has rained the most of every day.

Now we are getting ready to hit the road again. We will probably be home tomorrow or Sunday. See you all soon!