We enjoyed sleeping in a bit this morning, and had a fantastic breakfast at the hotel. We loaded the newest addition to our cooler family with dirty clothes and the remaining drinks and Gatorades… yes, i am absolutely taking them home! I flew home with a box of unopened Cinnamon Toast Crunch, half a pound of McCafe coffee, filters and ziploc bagels filled with plastic utensils… (hey, this dream doesn’t fuel itself 🤪 )

We said goodbye to Chicago with one last group selfie (the boys are growing very impatient with this)

We made to O’Hare without any problems and although the length of the TSA line looked ridiculous – it actually moved pretty quickly. We grabbed some Auntie Annie’s pretzels and were ready to board when they called our number.

We forgot to ask the agent in Chicago to tape the cooler shut, but surely they would do that, right? Just praying a pile of dirty clothes and Gatorades don’t come out on the baggage claim carrousel 😬

Here our vacation stats:

We drove 2,972 miles;

Mom’s Cafe served 3 loaves of bread, 3 pounds of turkey, 1 1/2 pounds of ham, 3 cases of water, 2 cases of Gatorades, 2 boxes of chips and too many Little Debbie’s to count;

We washed 4 commercial washer loads of clothes (which meant just one load tonight);

And saw 6 more beautiful states. We are home safe and sound and ready to start thinking of where to next?