{"id":11741,"date":"2022-09-16T17:57:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T21:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=11741"},"modified":"2022-09-16T17:57:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T21:57:19","slug":"ts8-hop-6-lombard-il-to-st-louis-mo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/16\/ts8-hop-6-lombard-il-to-st-louis-mo\/","title":{"rendered":"TS8 Hop 6: Lombard IL to St Louis MO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hop-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hop-6-1024x998.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11742\" width=\"439\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hop-6-1024x998.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hop-6-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hop-6-768x748.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hop-6.jpg 1051w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>TS8 Hop 6<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>308 miles via IL 64, IL 83 and I-55. Cumulative TS8 route miles: 1621. Cumulative TS8 car miles: 1899. Miles since the end of Hop 5: 383. The extra 75 miles were mostly due to my trip to the Art Institute of Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was pretty much a direct shot down I-55, with only 15 miles on local roads at the start and a few miles finding lunch near Litchfield IL.  We did get stuck in a 15-minute delay due to a nasty traffic accident involving 2 18-wheelers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our hotel in Lombard was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/en-us\/hotels\/chifs-fairfield-inn-and-suites-chicago-lombard\/overview\/?scid=f2ae0541-1279-4f24-b197-a979c79310b0\">Fairfield Inn &amp; Suites<\/a>. Not a bad hotel, but not a great one either. The breakfast was adequate, but barely. The bed was comfortable, but the sheets popped off. And while it had a microwave and coffee maker, they couldn&#8217;t be used as there was no outlet where they could get power. Very strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We dined at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfchangs.com\/locations\/us\/il\/lombard\/2361-fountain-square-dr\/7300-lombard.html?utm_source=YextMain&amp;utm_medium=Directory\">PF Chang<\/a> our first night in Lombard. Very good &#8211; we split a crispy honey chicken entree and a pan-fried ravioli appetizer. I did takeout from <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagofishandchicken.com\/\">Chicago Chicken and Fish<\/a> the second night because Ooma wasn&#8217;t feeling well (but not COVID &#8211; we checked). The chicken was very good but the fries were soggy. They also provided coleslaw with the meal, but only a tiny container &#8211; not even enough for one and certainly not enough for two. The &#8220;bread&#8221; that came with the meal was two soggy slices of fluff white bread. Very odd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>308 miles via IL 64, IL 83 and I-55. Cumulative TS8 route miles: 1621. Cumulative TS8 car miles: 1899. Miles since the end of Hop 5: 383. The extra 75 miles were mostly due to my trip to the Art Institute of Chicago. 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