bowling and karaoke

Tonight John and I met with Steph and Marty for bowling. Finally my bowling ball was being used again :). We had great games and a lot of fun. Especially afterwards in the bar where they had karaoke.
Ok, this is how it looks like when some people don't wanna have their picture taken *lol*:
Steph and Marty:Some of the karaoke singers were pretty bad... it was a lot of fun though :)...

first snow in Chicago for the season

Today the first snowflakes came down in our area. That's how it looked a few minutes ago in front of John's apartment:
It just started snowing so we're excited how much will come down in the next couple of hours :)...

Sioux Fall, SD to Chicago, IL

Today we started a little bit later :)... about... 1 PM... WE'RE STILL ON VACATION :) plus we needed to have a nice breakfast... at noon :).
Here some pics from... 'in the car'... :)... fun fun fun...
And here a few facts about our trip:
... to Montana we drove 1626.8 miles (2618KM) in 3 days (incl. sightseeing)
... to Chicago we drove 1394.7 miles (2244.5KM) in 2 days (trip streight)
which is an amount of total: 3021.5 miles (4862.6KM)

Itwas a wonderful week of vacation... we're looking forward to the next roadtrip that we're already planning on having in the beginning of 2008.

Livingston, MT to Sioux Fall, SD

The red lamp went off so we needed to find a gas station in the middle of nowhere... and in the middle of the night. We still wanted to make our way to Sioux Fall by midnight so we left the I-90 a few miles before Sioux Fall. John filled up the car... it seems to be very cold outside :)... ... after I made fun of him standing outside in the cold: *g*

leaving Livingston...

Saturday, 11:30AM we left Livingston with a full tank of gas...
This time the weather was perfect. In Livingston it was very windy but totally ok to drive and in Montana we had only a few spots with snow mud on the road... for us totally fine.

Thanksgiving and a flat tire!

Hi Folks, this is how some people look a little bit strange while watching a special edition of SHREK :)... our Thanksgiving dinner was soooo delicous... thank you Doug! We had too much food left and a lot of fun. The little girl from Monica and Brandon kept us all entertained :).

Today John and I wanted to bring back a chair. We just left the street where Doug and Dana live in... this sound was too strange... a flat tire :(... luckily I've checked the airpressure before the trip on ALL tires (incl. the 'donut' in the trunk). John replaced the flat tire into the 'donat' at the icy street in this cold. And after we've brought back the chair, John and Doug brought the car to a shop where they unfortunately couldn't repair the flat tire. Since I needed one new... I bought two new ones for the front and the car was fixed within 2 hrs. So no worries for our way back home tomorrow... :)
Here is a funny tree with a lot of birds inside it :)

In the afternoon John and I made our way to Bozeman, MT where we did a little shopping at Murdoch's :).
Isn't the view amazing?
Tomorrow after breakfast we'll make our way back home. The plan is to drive through... 20 hrs till Chicago... but if we won't be able to... we'll stay over in a Motel... let's see how fit we'll be :)... This was a great vacation so far... :)... I look forward to our next one :)...

ruff... ruff...

Yesterday Dana and Doug showed us their chickens while the dogs were playing outside in the snow.

aren't they look cute? Agatha in black, Barkley in dark brown and Chester in light brown...
in the afternoon we played Monopoly and after dinner we played Poker... :)... a few of us were pretty drunk but from what I've heard... that's normal in here *lol*... or am I wrong Daddy??? *G*
Chester: The dogs love John. I'm pretty happy about it so he has all the dogs on his lap and they're not coming to me... even though they still try to. But John is the better part... Especially Agatha loves him a lot! Should I become jealous??? Hhhhmmm... I have to talk to Agatha in a quiet moment, I guess!