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    Posted: 30 Jun 2011 at 12:33pm
Thanks for letting us share the trip!
Tom and Bette
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The pictures are great.  I have lived in the Chicago area for most of my life and still dread driving the Ryan and/or the Kennedy.  
Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys.
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wow great pics. the pic with the stream, i would get my fly rod out. and wifey could pick me up on the way back. lol
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Thanks for the go-round info for Chicago. Wasn't too bad on Sunday, I'm used to NYC traffic. Try taking the pod across the Cross Bronx Expressway. Now that's an experience.
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You were brave indeed in driving the Dan Ryan with your Pod.  If you're coming back the same way, there are ways to avoid the Chicago traffic by taking I-39 south to I-88 east to I-294 south.  The other option is to take I-94 east to I-294 south, but I don't like that option as much for it takes you by O'Hare.  Either way you don't drive through the Loop, and you will keep off I-80 in most of Illinois which seems to be in a perpetual state of road construction.  
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These are great photos, please keep posting more great pics, it's so much fun to watch someone else on a long journey like that!
 
I'll have to pick your brain a bit at the end to see how you felt the Jeep handled on the big big hills.  I'm anxious to plan this same trip next year for my wife and I.
 
Pod looks great with your Jeep by the way, love the new look of the Cherokees.  Very sleek!
 
Be safe and enjoy!
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My Cherokee is the v6 3.7L engine. Doing a pretty good job. Works hard going up the hills, but I get up them. Keeping my RPMs to 3.5- 4.0 going up hills. See what happens when we get to Montana

Spending the next couple of days in Rapid City, SD. Saw the Badlands today.

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Let us know how the trip goes.
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Have a great time in Yellowstone! Watch out for those elk and bison, they are a lot bigger than that deer that did damage reported here a couple of weeks ago. We loved the experience, the geysers, the wildlife, the geography and that endless blue sky! It is on our list for a pod trip!,
Chris and Walt
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