Maps from Yahoo!
[link|http://maps.yahoo.com/dd_result?ed=xTowJeV.wimQQVd6MsEKU7USFw--&csz=chicago.+il&country=us&tcsz=Moline%2C+IL&tcountry=us&terr=4|Chicago to Moline]. 172 miles, just under 3 hours.
Alex
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom ... the argument of tyrants ... the creed of slaves. -- William Pitt, addressing the British House of Commons (1783)