7/13-17/2006 - Elk Grove Village, IL

If you ever find yourself looking for something whimsical to say about Elk Grove Village (and who wouldn't want to say something whimsical about Elk Grove Village?) I highly recommend that you stay away from this website, which appears to be entirely interested in the process of bringing business to the region. For example, here are some useful tidbits from the site's "demographics" section:

• A diverse population encompassing all ages, occupations and incomes
• Highly educated residents with above-average test scores and advanced levels of education
• One of the lowest property tax rates in the metropolitan Chicago
• An estimated controlled growth rate of 18.6% over the next 15 years

Not quite what I was looking for... Happily, there's Wikipedia, which tells me that Elk Grove is home to 35,000 people (and many elk) and was the birth place of two members of the band "Smashing Pumpkins," who are recording their first album in 7 years. It is not the birthplace of Gallagher, who was better known for smashing watermelons. While many think of watermelons as being round, the Japanese have developed a square watermelon.

But I digress.

80,600 disinterested steps over these 5 days. Cheers,