Voyager Tour Day One: Are we there yet?

Hey!  Welcome to the 2012 Voyager Choir Tour!

First things first:  the boys are all safe and sound here at the hotel, getting ready for an exciting day of sight-seeing in tomorrow.  Now that you can relax a little, here is how the day went.

This morning went very smooth as the boys boarded the bus and made their way towards Chicago.  Usually, there is at least one teary-eyed traveler, but it was very nice to see nothing but smiles and dry eyes the entire day!

The morning drive took us through the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities and onto Wisconsin.  Adam filled their little heads with trivia about Wisconsin as we crossed the border.  Be sure to ask your sons about some of the strange laws Aaron shared with them from our neighbor to the East.

Lunch was at a rest stop where we ate our bag lunches.  It was here that we tried our first "count-off" with the whole group.  Five seconds flat is the time to beat - I bet we manage to get it down to 3.5 by the end of the trip. 

After lunch, we put the boys down for a rest period.  They probably could've gone without since they really didn't have a lot to do other than play with their handheld games and chat all morning, but we thought it would be better to be safe than sorry.  The rest period actually went pretty well, with a number of the boys getting plenty of rest.

When rest period was over, we stopped for bathroom break #3 and tried to get a movie going for the boys, only to find out the DVD player wasn't functioning properly.  I am going to take a look at it tomorrow and see if we can't get it fixed.  I can't imagine us getting home without some proper introduction to Dudley Dooright. 

We made it to Chicagoland for our dinner reservations at  the California Pizza Kitchen.  Our host here at St James Catholic Church in Arlington Heights were gracious enough to pick-up the tab for the boys.  It was a great meal for the boys!


We loaded-up the bus and went the short 10 minutes to our Best Western accommodations in Des Plains.  The boys should be finishing-up their journals right now and taking showers.  (Key word:  "should")  We'll see in a few minutes if that is happening or not.  :-)


All in all, it was a terrific day!  The boys did wonderful and are very pumped for the sights and smells of downtown Chicago in the morning!


Until later...


P.J.