Day 37 - North West Chicago KOA

Union, Illinois 

Last night I ended up sleeping in my recliner front seat as every time I went into a supine position I had a coughing jag. I still had them periodically through the night but not near as much. I did manage to only wake up fully two times. We left today around 8 AM and went to Perkins Restaurant for breakfast. Last time I went there was in Pennsylvania on the way up to this Environmental camp our older daughter worked for back in like 2003ish. Well I had my face fixed for crepes which I swore they had back then. But maybe I am mixing it up with another restaurant. Anyway, my meal that I selected was way too black peppery for my taste, or it could have been that the pepper stood out more due to my cold? MIL and DH totally enjoyed their meals. Mil has leftovers for dinner. And a leftover chocolate chocolate chip muffin to suffer through too.

We couldn't go to the Spam Museum since it didn't open until 10 AM in Austin, Minnesota which was too close to the campground. And we need to be home by Friday. 

The trees are starting to turn. We are currently in Wisconsin headed for Union, Chicago. Now in Wisconsin we are seeing signs for cheese. DH left I-90 for the lure of cheese but since we couldn't see the store from the ramp, we aborted the cheese mission.

DH took a power nap in Wisconsin. Normally on this trip, I would drive while he was sleeping but I don't want to be driving the motorhome now and get a coughing fit. I have no idea when one will happen. I had one today that I thought was going to do me in. While DH was sleeping, I apparently took a nap too until I woke up coughing my head off. I think I woke DH up too. He was in the bedroom 35' away from me. 

We finally got to the campground in Union, Illinois. Check-in, I had to go up a hill and to the back of the building which is actually the front to get registered. Both the campground personnel had accents like they were from Fargo, the TV show, since we haven't actually been to North Dakota. 

So close, yet so far. I had planned to go to Gino's East tonight but DH was tired,  and the restaurant was an additional 30 miles one way, so I decided to just skip it. This way we don't have to unhook the MDX. We were low on bottled water. At the campground store I bought a gallon of water to hold us over until tomorrow. 

I cooked bratwurst, red bell pepper and onions. Made sandwiches. It's 7:22 now CDT and we are watching NCIS.