Spoke too soon

As soon as we got north of St. Louis we hit the thousands of eclipse viewers returning to Chicago. I-55 was bumper-to-bumper. We got off on to Rt. 4, but so did a lot of others. It soon became clear we wouldn't get to Bartlett until after 1 a.m., so we called M&J and told them we would stop at  a motel. We went to a Super 8 in Normal, IL. Slept well and late, barely made it to motel Bfst. at 9, made it to Bartlett by 12:45. Lunch, talk, a little nap, read, talk, supper, a little walk, watch The Middle on TV. That's the day! A nice day. 

            The Middle