Chelsea to Chicago

They've broken out the musical instruments. God help us all.

Day 7

Sully & I start off the morning (9:15am) with a little music practice of "Summertime" & "House of the Rising Sun" We heard no complaints, maybe we sounded OK? Mauro, we're practicing!

As were begin to unhook at the campsite, we run into a problem. We have no electrical power in the back of ChelseaExpress and refrig propane light does not come on. We reset the circuit breaker and exam the fuses, that give us electrical power. However, the refrig propane light does not come on. We are hoping that it is only a bulb problem.

ChelseaExpress takes us along Lake Michigan Shore Drive and finds a spot at the convention center lot. We hop onto the subway to Wrigley. The game has just started and we find a scalper. At $20 a ticket we're in. It is an old park, but not as nice as Fenway. The grass looked like the old Carter Park softball field. Sully tries to upgrade his seat, but ushers are all over the place. We do get to see the St Louis hot rookie Ankle. Who started as a pitcher throwing a couple of pitches on the top of the back stop. He is now an outfielder, who has been on a hitting tear the last couple of months. It was cold, started to rain and the Cubs were ahead 7-3 when we left.

Hunger is calling, we head to Chinatown to look for Chicago's version of The Golden Gate. The "7 Wives Restaurant" gets the call. There was no "2 Wives Restaurant."

Now picture this: Sully doesn't bring his reading glasses, so he has no idea what is on the menu. So, he begins to tell "Joe" our waiter that he want shrimp with Black Bean Sauce over Thin Noodles. Joe doesn't know what to make of Sully. He says, "No can have noodle wif shrimf brack bean." After 10 minutes, Sully gets it with rice. Food was as good as the Gate.

Upon entering ChelseaExpress, we are greeted with good news. The propane light on the refrig is on. The only thing I can think of is that the refrig was cold enough that the propane didn't need to be activitaded. No need to do any further examination. We head out of Chicago north for about 70 miles to find a comfy night of sleep at Rockford, Il Wal-Mart.