Well the weather in Chicago has returned to normal. Now -3 degrees and they have had 6 inches of snow. Supposed to warm up by the weekend. Let's hope so. All packed and ready to go.

A positive heatwave in Chicago. Today it's 2 degrees C. and they have had only the second night in a month when the temperature did not fall below freezing. Better pack the fur lined bikini and polar fleece

A positive heatwave in Chicago. Today it's 2 degrees C. and they have had only the second night in a month when the temperature did not fall below freezing. Better pack the fur lined bikini and polar fleece and gumboots

The story so far. It was either Lucy or Emma who said" why don't you and Peter Newstead get off your bums and do it!" We had been discussing driving Route 66 one day and so that is how it happened that we did indeed get off our bums and Route 66 Here we Come. Elaine will meet me in Los Angeles and we then cruise from San Diego to Southampton via Mexico, Central America, Panama Canal, the West Indies and the Azores. I turn 70 the day we arrive in Southampton so ...