Sunday 24/4/05

It was sixty miles from Carbondale to the next state border into Missouri (Illinois is a very long and thin state, the south end being less than 200miles across). We stayed in a town called Chester which has one extremly cool thing going for it, it is the home of Popeye the sailor man, cool! We checked into a best western where we were supposed to be able to redemn our free nights stay, but as with all things that sound too good to be true this was too! Apparently they would have sent us our voucher for our free night to Marks address in the UK which is about as much use to us as a chocolate teapot. However I suppose we can redemn them in San Fran when Marks parents meet us.
We went to eat that night at a place recommended to us by hotel staff, the harvest Schmorgasbord, which is their word for all you can eat, and boy did we eat all we could, and then some more, we were both in extreme pain waddling back a mile to the hotel, Mark broke out in a cold sweat and was threatening to throw up!