We knew this day would come sooner or later.
Delaying it as long as possible, with a trip to New York and watching a show in Milwaukee ("Come From Away") just meant that we were pushing up to the limits of daylight. And after the switch back to "normal" time, we had to get up earlier, or drive faster.
So we ended up getting up earlier. But in reality, we didn't really come too close to driving in strange cities in the dark.
We left Milwaukee sometime before 9:00 AM on Saturday, November 8th:
It's nice to start on a Saturday, as it gives you more options around Chicago. But we went our usual route anyway.
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| The last view of the Bogk House before we left Milwaukee |
The first stop was the Haze Smokehouse, a BBQ joint in La Salle IL. A dog friendly BBQ joint:
Next stop, St Louis:
Doreen's college buddy who lives in St Louis was otherwise occupied, so we had a night in the Gateway City all to ourselves.
It was cold, but scenic.
The next day, we made our way down to Pocahontas, MO
We've stopped there on almost every trip. There is a nice park on the Black River, and if you are lucky (we were not this time) Green's BBQ will be open (it's by the airport) and you can have a nice picnic. Mr Green once put together a plate of Que for Lulu as well. A dog lover.
One thing I did not realize until this trip (shame on me) is that this park is almost exactly (within a couple of miles) halfway between the Bogk House and the Stevenson House.
Imagine that!
They have a free trolly in Little Rock, that goes between downtown Little Rock and Dog Town (North Little Rock) and you get a history lesson as well. I highly recommend it.
This is the house we stayed in, run by the Baker Hotel:
Our last day was a long day - almost seven hours:
Then Houston. Made it in just as dusk was coming on and rush hour was building up.
Look out Houston, they'll be thunder on the hill.
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