OK, no sound, just sights. We left the Twin Cities early Monday morning and stopped in Madison for lunch (see Gritty story). The drive through Chicago unfortunately coincided with rush hour and took almost two hours. We made a pit stop in South Bend to visit the Notre Dame bookstore and had dinner at the Great Wall. Final stop that day was Toledo, Ohio, home to a nice Holiday Inn Express and my new favorite restaurant name–Frickers. We left Toledo this morning at 8am and made it to Milford, Connecticut at about 6:30pm. Practice round tomorrow; photos at eleven…DK

Stopped in Madison on the way to New York for the Open. One of my favorite places to eat in Madison while in school was Marsh Shapiro’s Nitty Gritty on the corner of Frances and Johnson. They used to have an item on the menu I loved–a chicken strip sandwich with fries and the secret “Gritty Sauce.” Last time we visited, it wasn’t on the menu and the server couldn’t quite figure out how to bring me a bun to put the chicken strips on. Didn’t have that problem this time and it was wonderful…DK