chicago...

so the plan was to stop off around Pittsburgh, PA for the night, after i didn't have the sleep i wanted to the night before the trip. however, i felt good/alert throughout the ride, and made good time even though i left around 11am....and decided to shoot for Toledo, OH, where i would sleep for the night before driving to Chicago.

the tiredness never came as i drove, and it helped that i was going west and the sun didn't set until i reached Indiana around 9:30p...by then i thought it was only a few more hours to Chicago. got here to Chicago at 11:30p after my inexperience with the GPS directives looped me around the city more than it should (while i love the technology, i still love my maps).

meeting my friend, Monica this afternoon to explore a bit. and possibly heading out tomorrow or first thing Monday morning for the open roads again.