I had a meeting in the near northwest suburbs of Chicago earlier this week. To get there, I literally had to go over the hills—that"s the suburb of Lake in the Hills to be exact—and through the woods—also known as the Cook County Forest Preserve.
Of course, that was a 25-minute detour because my original route was cut off by a major fire. I had intended on taking Illinois Highway 14 to my destination, but the highway was closed off in both directions, preventing any access to the bridge that crosses the not-so-mighty Fox River. Emergency officials aren"t in chatty moods during these types of crises, so I was left to my own deductive skills.
