Day four: Milwauke, WI to Oberlin, OH  450 miles 

After a much-needed three night layover in Milwaukee, WI we were back on the road. Vegas thoroughly enjoyed her break at the Barry Ridge Equestrian Center in Germantown, so when we showed up bright and early to load her she was like "you're freakin kidding me!" But loaded she was nonetheless and we were off to our first big obstacle: Tollways

 In Oregon, there are no tollways. Indeed, there are no tollways that I know of west of the Mississippi. So when we crossed into Illinois we had to learn the nuances of how the geograhpy of on- and off-ramps work, how to make quick cahnge, and that maybe if we do this again we should get EZ Pass.

 We survived that and found ourselves headed for Chicago. We were planning on taking the expressway around the city but we somehow found ourselves dumped off of that freeway and onto the interstate that heads straight through downtown - at 9:30 in the morning. Surprisingly, traffic wasn't too bad and it kept flowing for the most part, and now I can officially say that I have taken my horse to downtown Chicago.

We continued through Illinois to Indiana, where it was toll all the way through to Ohio. We stopped for lunch at one of those so-fantastic travel plazas and before we knew it we found ourselves in Oberlin, OH by 7:00 pm, where we stayed the night and Vegas stayed at the Equine Adventure Center in nearby Wellington. Vegas got to spend the night in a large pasture with a run-in shed and she enjoyed the opportunity to graze and stretch her legs for several hours, despite the horrendous humidity. We enjoyed checking into our hotel before 11:00 pm.