Regretfully pass the museum of vacuums, the largest rocking chair in the world, and an entire wax museum dedicated to Jesse James.
3:55 Enter Addison, IL. Population: 32,000. Home to Marcus Cinema, Creative Mirror Designs, and 9 friends from high school who are currently pregnant.
4pm Pull into the driveway of my childhood home just as my mom fires up the barbie. I’m “home.”
4:02pm Sigh. It’s all over. 4 months of planning. 8.5 months of travel. 13 countries. $20,000.
4:20pm Eat my momma’s home cookin’. Beats any samosa.
4:22 Begin planning next trip. South America & Africa 2011. Who’s in?