[Rhodes22-list] Rummy's Trip/Chicago

[Ronald Lipton]

It is impossible to get through Chicago these days. I suggest that you
stop downtown and spend the night on the "Empress of Blandings" -
in Monroe Harbor the best view in town.  By, the way my usual route
these days is the Chicago Skyway to Stony Island avenue, to Lake Shore 
Drive,
then cut over to the Kennedy.  It may not be any faster, but it is
more picturesque.

Ron
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Slim" <salm at mn.rr.com>
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Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 8:42 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Rummy's Trip/Chicago


>O Great Rum One,
>
> What route do you take through Chicago?  I80, 90 (horrible) to 290 or I94
> (horrible) via the Dan Ryan Expwy through downtown?  IIRC you said you try
> to go through in the middle of the night so maybe any route is easier at
> that time, but any recommendations?  Possibly scoot over to Bloomington, 
> IL
> and go north on I39 and sidestep Chicago (and tolls) altogether but that's 
> a
> ways out of your way.
>
> Or maybe Capt. Lipton has some advice.  Ron?
>
> I'm looking for the best route to Ft. Wayne and maybe it's best, as the
> cruisers say, nothing goes to weather like a 747!  Flights from MPLS to 
> Ft.
> Wayne are now down under $200, but then I'd have to rent a car in FW.
>
> Slim
>
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