Our first stop of the day was our second visit to an Antique Archaeology store, as featured in the US TV series American Pickers, this time on the outskirts of Davenport at Le Claire, another town immediately adjacent to the Mississippi. Having picked up some souvenirs (to decorate Jan's "man cave") we headed due east 175 miles along I-88 towards our final destination, the USA's 3rd largest city, Chicago, Illinois.
Our hotel for the next three nights is the Essex Inn on South Michigan Avenue. Having checked in we took a somewhat tortuous 4.5 mile drive through downtown Chicago to return our rental car having added a total of 2,375 miles over the past 17 days since we collected it in New Orleans on Saturday, 1st April. We have spent a little over $200/£160 on fuel - about one third what we would have spent covering a similar mileage in the UK.
This being the home of the pizza, our evening meal was enjoyed at Lou Malnati's pizzeria in South State Street :0)
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