According to our local weathermen, a blizzard was scheduled to hit Oklahoma City around 6am, Saturday morning. I did my best to beat it by hitting the road to Chicago right at 5am. By then the bridges had already iced over and I saw three wrecks within the first mile of my trip, but once I hit Edmond (30 minutes away) the ice turned to rain. I had steady rain from Edmond to St. Louis (a little over six hours), and then light drizzle from St. Louis to Chicago. 800 miles in 12:30, and that was with a 30 minute nap. (Not while driving; I pulled over.)

Had a good Italian Beef sandwich for dinner. Had a great breakfast over at Uncle Joe’s house, and Aunt Linda’s homemade lasagna for lunch. I’ll probably grab a couple of Chicago hot dogs or something before I head out tonight.

The train pulls out of Chicago at 9pm tonight and arrives around 6pm tomorrow in NYC. I haven’t been able to get iPhone tethering to work on my laptop today so I won’t be updating the blog, but I can check e-mail and Facebook from my phone so, it’s all good. I copied 20 movies, a hundred books, and a thousand games onto my laptop before I left, so I should have plenty to keep me busy.

I took a few pictures at Uncle Joe’s Breakfast this morning. By tomorrow night I should have all my train pictures online. I’ll update when I get to the hotel.