Anyone driven from Michigan to Chicago lately? Recommendations? MapBlast is telling me to take the Indiana Toll Road again.
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shrift - Aug 18, 2005 4:18:01 am PDT #4472 of 10001
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tommyrot - Aug 18, 2005 5:17:53 am PDT #4473 of 10001
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Dunno - is there still construction there?
If you got the time, it might be fun to take a ferry across lake Michgan and then drive south from Wisconsin.
Kalshane - Aug 18, 2005 5:30:36 am PDT #4474 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I haven't made the trip recently. I can fire off an e-mail to my folks and see what route they've been taking lately.
ChiKat - Aug 18, 2005 6:43:01 am PDT #4475 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Anyone driven from Michigan to Chicago lately? Recommendations?
Don't do it. I've been driving from Indiana to Chicago fairly regularly. I usually take side roads the whole way to avoid the highways. They're all under construction and they all suck.
What day and what time of day are planning on going?
shrift - Aug 18, 2005 6:56:14 am PDT #4476 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Don't do it.
Well, I kind of need to go to Chicago today, and I don't particularly want to pay $500 for a plane ticket or find a way to get myself across town from Union Station.
What day and what time of day are planning on going?
Heh. This afternoon.
ChiKat - Aug 18, 2005 7:02:34 am PDT #4477 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Coming into the city during afternoon rush hour, the skyway will be your best bet. But, there is some construction so expect delays.
shrift - Aug 18, 2005 7:09:03 am PDT #4478 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Thanks, ChiKat. I probably should mention that I drive I-94 every day, everything is under construction here, too, and that once it took me six hours to drive from Chicago to Kalamazoo due to flooding and torrential rainstorms, so I have a pretty high bar for "bad".
ChiKat - Aug 18, 2005 7:14:48 am PDT #4479 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I don't mind slow-going traffic as long as it's going. But, one Sunday evening, it took me 2 hours to get from Merrillville, Ind. to the Illinois state line--that usually takes 30-45 minutes. I was going bugfuck just sitting on the skyway. I finally got off and took side streets home. I was going slow, but at least I was GOING.
Kathy A - Aug 18, 2005 8:19:40 am PDT #4480 of 10001
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once it took me six hours to drive from Chicago to Kalamazoo due to flooding and torrential rainstorms
If you're coming in this afternoon, you've got a good chance of "torrential rainstorms," as well as a tornado or hail--nasty weather today!
Kalshane - Aug 18, 2005 8:55:13 am PDT #4481 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Here's what my dad said:
Well, we still take I-196 to I-94 to I-80/94 to I-294.
Construction still on I-80/94. You can check http://www.gcmtravel.com/ for info and video feeds.
To me, it's more about timing than route.
Avoid the highways between 3pm and 7pm if you can. Closer to 5pm you are, the worse it is. Travel to Illinois at the end of the week (Thurs/Fri) and back to Michigan on Sunday or Monday. That way you miss the weekend vacationers going to South Haven and the like.