Alright....so i left off in Milwaukee.....So i wondered around there for a while....nice place nice downtown core, a cool art building with a moving wing thingy on it...very cool.
Hopped in the van and made tracks for Chicago. Sounds simple enough.....the odyssey begins.....
So, I'm coming into the north end of Chicago....by north...i mean not even close to downtown....anyways.....traffic was a freakin mess.....you think traffic is bad in Vancouver or Calgary....try Chicago rush hour....so...north of town....hey...I'm passing O'hare airport...ill go watch some airplanes...simple enough...go to the terminal and talk to guy there and he points me in the direction of where to go. Cool. On my way...kinda.....not entirely sure where to go but i found a good spot off the end of the runway on the side of the road....amazing airport...2 dep runways 2 arrival's....unreal busy! So, I'm sitting there.....cop pulls up behind me, lights on....'please step out of the vehicle'....shit....here we go. Give him my passport and DL....he goes back to his car i get back in the van....another car shows up....then another....now all the cops are all out having a chat.......'im going to jail' i thought. Fantastic. They come back up, i get out....one more car on the other side of the road...so 4 now.....lol...shit!
So...the questions start...have you ever had any trouble with the law? have you ever been in jail? Why are you here....and so on. No to all of the above...I'm kinda nervous now...one dude pats me down and hops in the van and starts rooting thru it...the others asking questions still.
Apparently there was another Greg Reed with the same date of birth and name who uses aliases such as Glenn (my middle name) and he was a violent offender. Oh my......I said, I'm just on a road trip, watching some airplanes waiting for traffic to die down.....well you cant do that here he said. Ok....so i diffused the situation with some talk of the trip and where to get a good chunk of pizza in Chicago and was on my way...
So back into rush hour, trying to find this exit the cop told me to take...getting more frustrated by the minute with idiot drivers and traffic. So i just get off the interstate and start making my way east towards the water....traffic still fucked and ppl are still idiots......one way streets, flashing lights every where....getting super mad and hungry....ok...ill find a place and get some chow. Go into the gps to find me something....and i go to this one place....that does not exist...great....i passed a lounge, ill go there. Go in......waft.....smoke...i guess you can smoke inside here....I'm out. Off to Subway i go. Get my sub and smash down the whole thing. Cooling off abit. There was a Food and Liquor store right there....so i got a couple 40's for a friend of mine...booze is so cheap here...and smokes.....Its weird...just not used to seeing smokes right out there...its like 5$ a pack...they want you to smoke and drink down here....anyways..
I'm done with Chicago. Making tracks east to Cleveland....getting the hell out of this place. Hit the interstate again, GPS doing its thing i thought. The roads and the off ramps happen so quick...and once the Delica is up to speed....quick lane changes are not really a possibility....fuck.....missed my off ramp. Follow the GPS directions........thru south Chicago.....where i went straight thru a sweet getto....nice....doors locked now.
Boarded up run down buildings all taged up, shitty beat down cars with giant stupid chrome rims, roads that are just shit kicked....i thought the Deli was going to come apart. One Jeep Cherokee passed me with bullet holes in it....i need to get out of here....So i fuming now....but I finally get back on track...i didn't get shot, the deli is in one maybe Two pieces....im on the interstate east bound and down.
The relief was profound. Found a truck stop in Elkhart Indiana...called er a night.
Cleveland bound now. Got here.....easy. Found the rock and roll hall of fame....found a cheap hotel...get set up. Went for a nice 9k run thru downtown 38:42, pace was a 4:15...not bad...a few stops here and there. Was down by the lake....there was a bunch of birds standing on the ground...fun time! So i sprint towards them and they all start flying above me....sooooooo cool! But.....they also started dropping bombs on me! Bastards! So i had to do some dodging, but i made it out ok!
So here i sit in my hotel room, all showered up ready to go out....just waiting for the laundry to finish.
Tomorrow will be the HOF and on my run.....i saw Bodyworks is in town!!!! So ill be doing that as well! should chew up most of the day. If i can find a place to crash tomorrow night ill prob stay in town one more night.....Very nice place here....i like it.
So that's it for now. Ill try to update before i leave the hotel tomorrow.
Cheers everyone
