Road Trip - Chicago to Vegas 2003
Well...everyone knows I was supposed to leave Chicago last Tues, but was delayed with the flu a week before and was still not feeling well. After getting email on Thurs afternoon about a casting call for a new detective TV show (for which I had to audition for by Friday~!) I packed my Van and left Chicago at 4am on Thursday. Got to St. Louis by Sunrise. It was a smooth ride thru the night, and I stopped at McDonalds for breakfast. Drove 14 hours until I couldn't drive any more, ending up in Oklahoma City, OK. It was an endless drive of nothing...a few cows and boring flat land and straight roads that seem to go nowhere. Stayed overnight at Motel 6 because the Van was so packed I had no where to lay down, plus it was about 14 degrees out and Weather Channel said snowstorm was going to hit overnight. Time to speed ahead of the storm. Got about 5 hrs of sleep, got up at 4am and went down to Waffle House. I was the only person in there...had a nice breakfast of egg sandwic