October Break

We're on our way today for an October Break. My folk's are watching the dog and we're heading southeast towards Chicago. We'l be in Illinois for 4 nights. Tomorrow we'll head downtown and start a Chicago adventure. With one more kiddo on the way in the winter this is probably our last vacation for a little while.

The girls are in the back of our van at the moment watching DVD's. My beloved's watching the road and I'm alternating between conversation, blogging, looking at the countryside of southern Wisconsin and drawing.

The fall color has just about reached peak in our area on the Minnesota side. The oaks with their deep maroon are dominating the scenery back home; but here just 100 miles southeast there's still a lot of green with some of the bright reds (sumacs) and yellows (birch and maple) of early fall.

The girls are ready for supper with Brendan and Sabrina in Rockford even though we still have another couple hours to go til we get there. Tonight we'll stay in a hotel just a block from the blue line and tomorrow we'll be headed downtown.