Is Chicago on the way to Iowa

Ok, so our route ended up something like this:



Our stupid Yahoo? directions never told us to exit to a highway going south after Rockford. So we went east instead. To Chicago... before we realized what the hell was going on.

BTW, if you do that, plan about an extra hour of drive time. At least.

So, after back tracking back to Rockford, and getting on the right highway, we finally ended up in Iowa about an hour late. And after 9 1/2 hours of driving, we finally arrived home, our new dog Natron in tow.

Forgive my crappy picture taking please: http://webpages.charter.net/rottsrus/natron/new/ Even the date isnt correct... Im such a loser. Oh, and the river is the Mississippi as we were crossing from Iowa back to Illinois.

Oh, and we need a new truck now. Its totally crap. We drove most of the way with the check engine light on, and the acceleration was all goofy. We're going to sell it and get a Nissan Xterra, cuz we're kewl like that. But you guys know all about the car problems we have, so nothing new there.

Well, enough for one day, Im going back to bed.

peace nick