UCAAN Change a Life Road Trip Day #6 & #7

Tues June 21^st   Day 6   Bloomington, MN to Downer’s Grove, IL

We started with breakfast at the hotel. As we got ready to load our car. A homeless man approached us and asked for a ride; what I didn’t know was that he wanted a ride to the liquor store to get alcohol. Doryn and I said no to this guy at least 5 times and he wouldn’t leave. Somehow we finally got him to leave and we were on our way! 

Driving through Wisconsin, we knew we had to get some cheese, being that I’m allergic to cow dairy, I knew I wanted goat cheese so we stopped at a specialty cheese store, off the freeway. The types of cheese were wild from chicken soup cheese to strange baked cheese to goat cheese and cheese shaped and colored like dinosaurs and animals and of course cheese from around the world. This spot attracted us with their extra large cheese sign and an awesome fun with the mouse out in front of the shop. 

 

Doryn Meets a cute Mouse

 

Sorry it's blurry! Animal colored and shaped cheese

 

 Chicken Soup Cheese

 

Yes it's chocolate

When we left we were back on the road, driving through some gorgeous scenery, lush land and sheep. It was nice to see other animals aside from the hundreds of miles of cows we had seen thus far.  

We finally arrived in Illinois, Downers Grove. We went out for dinner at one of Doryn’s Favorite restaurants: Red Lobster. After we stopped at a special half price book store and returned to the hotel. Today wasn’t a hugely busy day, but we look forward to the busier days for sure. The more stories the better!! 

Tomorrow we drive to Warren Michigan to meet with one of our clients, Victoria Madeline Wade

Wednesday June 22^nd, Day #7  

Driving from Downers Grove Il to Warren Michigan (316 Miles)

For once we slept in a little bit because we knew that we only had a few hours to drive to get to Warren Michigan. As we started up the car and asked On-Star for our route, they agent told us there was a shooting on a side road off the freeway the night before. Luckily for us, this wasn’t in an area of Michigan we’d be in.  The drive to Warren Michigan was nice. We went through a few toll roads and just as we got a hang of them, they were done… for Illinois that is. Within 30 minutes of leaving Downers Grove, we were in Indiana and then Michigan. The drive was another breath taking view after view of hills and grass, trees galore, huge homes on lots of land and some smaller towns.  

 

White Castle! Doryn's first time!

 

I Made chicken, zuchinni, red, yellow orange peppers and mushrooms!

We drove through parts of the smaller towns and were amazed at the size of the homes in these communities. …. Beautiful!!  We drove over a gorgeous blue bridge, passes a sign for the Bridge to Canada, saw a HUGE advertising tire on the side of the freeway and saw something that made me excited: A spinning bag holder at Ralph’s affiliate store: Kroger. It’s the simple things in life that make me happy!! Once we arrived at the hotel, the plan was to cook dinner in our electrical NuWave pan, so we headed for the store. We went to Kroger and brought veggies, fruit and chicken for our dinner. We then swung by White Castle, which Doryn had never experienced, we decided it would take a while before we would eat and we needed something to tide us over. J I remember living in NY as a kid and how much I loved going to White Castle, those are some great memories!

When we got back to our room, I cooked us dinner: Chicken with red, yellow and orange mini peppers, zucchini pasta, mushrooms, turmeric and a little juice of orange. It was soo delicious! Healthy and delicious. I ever recorded a video of me cooking to share with everyone. That will be shared soon enough!

Now, the goal for today was to meet with cancer warrior and friend Victoria M. unfortunately her treatments had a negative effect on her and she had to go to the emergency room. Because of that we were unable to see her tonight, but we hope before we leave to be able to see her. Please keep her in your prayers. 

Tomorrow we head to make a stop at Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, NY and then head to our hotel in Rochester, NY.  244.5 miles + 86.2mi = 330.7 (5.5 hrs)