More Chicago & WI comments

So how slow was the Dan Ryan expressway when I went through Chicago? Slow enough that I found my camera in my purse, opened the window and took this picture. It is a little blurry perhaps because I was traveling at 5 m.p.h. and didn't know how to change the setting for a speed picture : )

To avoid the Friday afternoon non-rush rush hour in Chicago, I stayed in Milwaukee and saw a delightful movie Lake House. The critics may have dismissed it but I thoroughly enjoyed this fantasy love story. It was old fashioned in that there were no sex scenes and most of the movie built up to one lovely kiss. I was silently urging Keanu Reeves to go ahead and kiss her already : ) I liked the movie so much, I saw it again the next week in VA. There are inconsistencies in the movie but if you just enjoy the fantasy, I think it will delight you too.

On the way back, I stopped at an Olive Garden restaurant and had supper and did some more knitting while waiting for the traffic to dump out of the south end of Chicago. It was a bit lonely eating in a restaurant by myself but I talked to dh on the phone. He of course wanted to know if any guy tried to pick me up....I love that man! He looks at me through the eyes of love.

When I got through Chicago and went to get on the Skyway Bridge, I was shocked to see that they moved the bridge exit from the right lane to the left lane. I refused to believe the signs which told me to get in the left lane (I thought -- what do they know, I've been this way often, and it exits to the right). When I finally could see the ramp and not just read the signs, I quickly moved across all the lanes and exited on the left. I am Lutheran to the core -- 'we've always done it this way".