So I’m sitting at the table in my room at the Virgin hotels in Chicago because I’ll be attending a 2 day conference tomorrow and Wednesday.  Chicago is relatively close so instead of flying I decided to drive and I had a great time!

I got most of the way to Chicago on a single tank of gas and that’s freaking amazing.  I could have gone further than 760km, the computer said I still had 50+ km left available but being in an unknown area I didn’t want to push it too far.  After filling up, it was another 110km to the hotel and I averaged 4.4L / 100km (53.5mpg), I had to drive faster than I normally would as the limit on the interstate highways were 70-75 mph (112-120 km/h) and the Toyota Prius looses efficiency at that speed. Oh and gas is so darn cheap in the US!!! That much fuel in Canada would be $10-15 more.

The drive took 8 1/2 hours, after I checked into the hotel I went for a walk downtown and took some pictures.  I don’t know any of the landmarks but it was fun.  Thought the picture of the buildings and traffic would look better B&W, I think it turned out pretty well.

Tomorrow I have some real work to do then well we’ll see what the evening brings. 🙂