"South Bend... It sounds like dancing."

It's possible that we broke our 1000 miles today! ...but we have to check the odometer. Ohio was a brief but welcome reprise (with nice rest stops) from the expanse that is Pennsylvania--we spent most of the first day driving across it and still needed another hour to get out of it the next morning. After leaving Zelienople we hit Ohio, Indiana, then Illinois.

We stopped in South Bend, Indiana, Macauley Connor's hometown in 'The Philadelphia Story' (clearly more significant than its other associations) and when Katharine Hepburn's Tracy Lord hears this she proclaims, "South Bend... it sounds like dancing!" And we know this... because we listened to it in the car. That and a chorus of "Gary, Indiana, Gary, INDiana, Gary, Indiana..." greeted every other exit sign through Indiana.

Finally, we made it to Chicago and the Central Time zone. Amid much confusion we decided that our time of arrival was 5:30 pm and promptly made it to the first and nearest pub we saw. The traffic was pretty awful on the way in, we were told it might have something to do with Oprah blocking off half the city to celebrate 24 years on television. Our newest driving companion, Skinny B*tch, frowned upon us as we enjoyed a meal of beer and delicious, large and creative burgers with our lovely hostess, but we've decided that she's probably just not used to road trips. (I mean really, how many vegan cookies do you find in the average American rest stop?) I can tell you that the Goose Island Brewery (just across from Wrigley Field) makes an excellent Hefeweizen and black pepper burger with Stilton and roasted garlic on top... It was wonderfully un-skinny.

So, today it's on to.... NEBRASKA! When complaining about the length of Pennsylvania, recent blogger, Pooper McRoadTripperson told us, just wait until Nebraska... Should be exciting. Today we have no set plan and no person to see. So we plan to drive until we feel like stopping. Where will end up? Nebraska? Wyoming? Colorado?? Tune in to find out....