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Tia Jenny says "Hello" to David in San Francisco!

Jennifer, Mom and I called for the cab Sunday morning and left the house at 6:45 because we were afraid of the lines and security that might be out in force at Heathrow. We dropped Jennifer off at terminal #2 and George the Cabbie drove Mom and I to terminal #3. I had checked us in on the internet the night before so we had a short line to drop off our luggage, then a longer line to get through security, but still had plenty of time. Haven't heard from Jennifer yet, and her flight was leaving before ours so I hope she made it through okay.

Our flight was shorter than projected, we must have had a tail wind! We had plenty of time to get through the passport line, luggage pickup and customs. We then had to wind our way from terminal #5 to terminal #1 at O'Hare and catch the CTA tram to Jackson Street. We then dragged our luggage about 6 blocks to the Amtrak station and made it with about an hour to spare.

We got off the train at Bloomington-Normal and spent the night at a Super 8 that Karen Graham had researched for me and texted me the number for. A taxi ride this morning got us back to the Amtrak station and on the 303 for St. Louis. We were about an hour late but got in at 4:00 to meet Karen and Jeff who were our rides home. Thanks so much both of you! Bye Mom, let's do it again sometime!