[Rhodes22-list] Rummy's Trip/Chicago

[Slim]

Ron,

Thank you for the invitation.  I just might take you up on that sometime.

Slim

On 8/13/06 11:03 AM, "Ronald Lipton" <rlipton at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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
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> 
>> 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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