Home Stretching It

Well-The kids are past the halfway mark. They are chugging alongat warp speed. Texas was crossed in a day.Pat was short on details, but I can see that they hit the Cadillac Ranch and the Big Texan Steak House before pointing the Hyundai to Tulsa Oklahoma.

It was the Big Texan Steakhouse where Steve could not polish off the last 2 ounces of a 72 ounce T bone, to the derision of the Dahl cabal. I wonder if Pat indulged- I kind of doubt it, because Rachel is a corrupted vegetarian. Pat, of course, is the corrupter. Now a 72 ounce Boca Burger would be no

problem, because there would be no gristle.

Steve says there is not much happening in Oklahoma, and that must be what the kids think, because Pat is considering driving like Marathon man and arriving home in the wee hours of the night. If he intends to cover that much land mass, he will need Red Bull. And a willing co-pilot. And more Red Bull.

We will stay parked in New Buffalo, and they can acclimate to live as Chicagoans at leisure. The sheets are clean, the soap is new, and the hot tub is ready to soak 2000 miles of road weariness out of their bones. They are welcome to all the amenities. Sweet Home Chicago beckons. We will be home for a family reunion Chicago fireworks extravaganza, and a Dahl White Sox Friday night. It will be our first ALL DAHL game in two years. Yippee! I am counting the miles...as best I can.