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Ikea Trip
Judy & I are taking a trip down to Ikea tomorrow. Early. We need some things for the new place - shelves, stools, other assorted stuffs.
Each time we’ve gone in the past, we’ve followed Mapquest’s directions. They suck. We end up taking a 20 minute drive through some semi-residential area, and when we get through to street the store is on, there’s 2 freaking highways running right through.
There’s got to be a better way, right? I opened up MapPoint on my work computer, and found what I think are 2 alternate routes.
1) Stick on I-294, go all the way down to O’Hare, and then backtrack (slightly) up I-90. Seems to be the simplest way. I’m don’t know what to expect in the way of traffic around the airport, though.
2) Get off 294 earlier (either 100 or 68), and shoot across to Hwy. 53. That leads back down and intersects with I-90, right where we want to be. This seems to be the shortest route, but I don’t know what the drive west along 100/60 will be like.
Any suggestions?
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Yeah, I always take Golf road too. These ways look better.
Posted August 6, 2004 at 12:49 pm by chuck .
Funny! Dan and I are heading down to that area tomorrow too! We are going to be armed with a Durango and a U-Haul trailer if you need some extra room. We always take 94 to Lake Cook and then follow Lake Cook west to 53. It’s a easy drive and you can go 50-55mph on Lake Cook unlike some parts of Golf Rd.
Posted August 6, 2004 at 1:31 pm by Jen .