A spur of the moment trip to look at the "perfect" pickup
took us 15 hours from home to Illinois ...

We stayed 2 nights at Alex's cousin Mike's house, where I got to at least sit in his pretty car!

Alex got to actually ride in it~

We drove down to Chicago...

and walked 9 blocks to Wrigley Field....

I got my first taxi ride :)

~and he wasn't even a crazy driver!

...we visited Navy Pier

and ate at Bubba Gump w/ Mike and his friend Anne~

We did end up getting the "perfect" pickup....in Wisconsin!
~and then we headed North for another 7 hours to Grand Rapids...