Wait...Wait...!

We made it to that "toddlin' town", Chicago. We are able to park our RV at the lodge on the grounds of Ken and Martha's community, thanks to the graciousness of their Housing Committee. Martha says they "must have paid their dues". We have no services but boondocking for a couple of days is fine and there is no one close enough to complain about the generator.

Our first activity was to drive into the big city and see a taping of the NPR radio show, "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me", a news quiz show. Before the show, we toured Millennium Park in the middle of Chicago's downtown area. They have an amazing music venue there with a huge lawn and a covering sound system which, I understand from Ken, gives an unbelievable experience for an outdoor area like that. We also saw "The Bean". People just love to go up and touch it, like they cannot believe it is real.

After dinner, we stood in line for the show like cattle and then went in and saw the 90 minute taping for the 60 minute show. It was hilarious and we got to hear a lot of of stuff which will not make the final cut for the show. The guests were Jack Black and Kyle Gass, members of the rock band Tenacious D. They were asked questions about Pat Boone in the "Not Our Job".

We are here for two days. On day 2, Geoff will fix our table and Ellyn's driving chair (part of the foot stool came apart) and we will give our friends moral support as they pack up their RV for our trip north. The next leg starts on Saturday morning when we head off towards the Twin Cities of Minnesota.