Peppy's Dream Moving Adventure Blog

Eric heard about great mountain biking in Palos Hills, which is south of Chicago and north of where we are staying.  He got up early and headed up there in the PT Cruiser, while I slept in the RV.  I thought he’d be back around 1:00pm, but he was back before noon.  Turns out, it wasn’t great at all.  He’s just so spoiled by all the great mountains in New York and Massachusetts and there really aren’t any mountains in Illinois, at least anywhere near where we are!  He rode for less than a half hour and just gave up.  We are determined to find him some great mountains on the way down to Florida.

Our friend, Jerry, bucked the Sunday holiday traffic to come to Windy City Campgrounds and see our little RV.  We gave him the “3 minute tour” and he seemed to really like it.  There’s not much to it, but it IS cute!

We decided to head to nearby Frankfort for their Fall Festival.  It was really fun, and it was such a gorgeous day that it was a pleasure to just walk around and see all the crafts and different art work for sale.  I even bought a hand-made suede purse that is the perfect size to hold my camera.  I hate my camera bag, because it’s so big and bulky, but this is cute and pretty (it has a rose appliquéd on it) and I can use it as a real purse, if I don’t carry my camera!

Then we headed to Nick’s Steakhouse on La Grange Road in Mokena.  They have a great Sunday night seafood special – buy one dinner, get one free!  Everything was delicious, but Jerry and I were disturbed by the cigarette smoke, even though we were seated in the non-smoking section.  We’re just not used to smoking in restaurants, and it’s been a culture shock for me to have to breathe smoke after all these years of avoiding it.  It’s easy to stay away from it in NYC, because it’s really not allowed anywhere indoors, but outside New York…

We are going back to Chicago tomorrow, because Jerry is having a brunch for his father’s 75th birthday and he has invited us to join the family.  We are excited about going back to his apartment.  It’s so fabulous!

Right now, Eric’s outside having a couple of beer with our “neighbor,” John and his son, Jim.  It’s nice to meet people from all over and get to know them, if only for a few days.

We have no idea where we’re headed on Tuesday, except that we know we're going south, but we’ll try to figure it out tomorrow!