This morning we left our friends house outside of Marion, Iowa about 10 am and headed east. We crossed over the Mississippi River and entered our seventh state on this trip, Illinois.
Tonight we are staying quite near Lake Michigan in downtown Chicago. We have a wonderful view of the lake and the river from our room at the Swissotel. Surprisingly our three nights at the Swisshotel will only cost us about $100 more in total than our three nights at our motel in Manchester!
When he was planning this trip, Duke made reservations for us to go to Andy’s Jazz Club and see a quartet with the drummer Charles Heath IV. We had an excellent dinner and the music was great. It was a perfect evening.
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