Day 1 of the Great Adventure....out of bed at 4 am. Our friend and neighbor Rick Johnson appeared on our door step at 5 am to take us to the shuttle for the Las Vegas airport.  We arrived at the airport and checked in and were asked if we wanted to take an earlier flight, so instead of a 10 am flight we were on an 8:30 am flight.  Arrived in Chicago at 2 pm.  Steve has told me for years about a great Italian restaurant, La Scarola, in  downtown that he went to while traveling for Parker.  Well, we found it and had a great dinner.  A perfect end to our first day.

Trying to insert the pictures but have not got it figured out yet.  I will post them to Facebook for now until I get some help.