The search for the oldest bars in Chicago

Some things that I didn’t know existed - like turtle racing!

Corn, oh so much corn (and some soybeans)

Lafayette, CO to Chicago, IL

Eats

Bars

Old American character with new world energy

A bunch of other places we hit outside Boulder (I say Boulder because no one knows where Lafayette is)

With also a short lunch stop in Estes Park

(Again) - pssst - hey guys - it’s really a bison

Nice places north of Denver

This is a bison - not a buffalo

Salt Lake City to Lafayette, Colorado

Part of the way across anyway (as far as Michigan)

Leg 1: South Lake Tahoe to Salt Lake City

Short Interlude in San Diego

Bars

Eats

A summer stay and a few sites

World Series of Poker and other stuff

More reinvention than just revitalization

Little Havana