Chicago to St. Louis

Its 9.50pm and we are back in our room after having dinner at the Top of the River Front Restaurant which is on the 28h floor and as you are eating and drinking it gives you a panaram view of St. Louis which was amazing.......Today was the start of our Route 66 and we drove for a total of 5hrs....we stopped at joliet which was great and highlighted the beginning of our 3 week adventure.....I love the mail-boxes!!!!......it’s been a long but worthwhile day and I am looking forward to want tomorrow brings.......Lots of love K x

It’s been a long day but an amazing one! We picked up the car [not the American Chevvy we were expecting - boooo!] a Mitsubishi Galant - a brand new with only 400 miles on the clock - this morning in Downtown Chicago. We joined old Route 66 just round the corner and set off on the long journey West......... Such an amazing view, road and environment. The Great Plains allow the sky to feel so much bigger, so much bluer and vast. The horizon for hundreds of miles around was flat, the sun strong and the road straight, leaving a fantastic mirage in front of us...... roll on day 2!!!! ........ :) d.