Day Two

OMG does 6am come early. This was our first morning together and we let Kristen sleep until 7am while R and I had gotten dressed and ready for breakfast. K rushed to meet us at breakfast and we managed to get off by 8:20am on our way to South Beloit, IL. We talked about how the morning routine went and K said she really wanted to get up earlier so that she could get ready in a more leisurely manner and we could all go to breakfast together. We agreed to try it.

Our luncheon picnic was a side trip to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore at place called Portage Park and River Walk. A real treat overlooking Lake Michigan although the temperature reached an uncomfortable 96 degrees. K bought her Park Passport at the visitor's center and put in her first national park stamps.

We arrived in S. Beloit at 3:45pm Central Daylight Time having driven 430.8 miles and moved into another time zone losing an hour. We'll pick that up on the way home. We had dinner at a wonderful local restaurant, Anna Maria's, and again headed for an early to bed for an early departure in the morning.