To the Windy City!!

And we're off! Mom is starting the adventure out to Connecticut with me. We left the house at about 6:55 am, I left Omaha through shimmery eyes. I will admit I was getting pretty homesick before I even left town. Sounds lame but I love my home. The day included a stop at the Outlet Mall which was for one store and one store only - Coach. Walking into Coach each time is like a child walking into a candy store....or now-a-day an electronic store. After that we ventured down the road to Iowa City and sought out a Carlos O'Kelly's. Due to some complicated Internet research I did recently I found out that there are only Carlos O'Kelly's in a handful of states. So I HAD to get my last meal there in. We went off the garmin laid path a bit but found our way back to the beloved I-80 East.

Following one of our bathroom stops we found that the Garmin stopped working. Which at this point in the journey is not a problem. However, when we get closer to Connecticut and while I'm there I will DEFINITELY be needing that bad boy! So when we arrived in the great town of Lansing, IL tonight we quickly sought out the closest Best Buy which conveniently was across the street.

So not only did I buy a Garmin at Best Buy (after many questions and testing the old one, the employees resuscitation efforts were impressive however), we went to Wal-Mart out of curiosity and found the next "grade" up for $30 less! Okay, those that know me well know that I hate really detest Wal-Mart but I will give a kudos shout their way for the $30 savings on this one. So back we went to Best Buy to return the lesser "grade" more expensive Garmin.

After a early morning and long day in the car, dinner and relaxation sounded like just the key. So back to the hotel we went. And this is me relaxing ;) The end of day one on the road!