PCA Chicago Region

The PCA Summer Driving Tour will be held from Friday 7/25/25 through Sunday 7/27/25.

The tour will start from the TA Travel Center, 19 N 430 US-20 in Hampshire, IL 60140 on Friday morning.

We will drive west to the Galena, IL area and then drive to the Chestnut Mountain Resort/Ski Area where we will have lunch as a group in a restaurant overlooking the ski area and the Mississippi River. After lunch we will drive south on the amazing roads of the Mississippi Palisades to Savanna, IL. Then we will drive north to our host hotel, the IRISH COTTAGE INN & SUITES.

A cocktail party will be held on Friday evening in the hotel ballroom. Feel free to bring your favorite beverages and snacks. Directions will be provided to the local Piggly Wiggly in Galena if you need any snacks or beverages. Piggly Wiggly sells wine, beer, and liquor in addition to food!

On Saturday morning we will take a drive to Lena, Il and then north and west to downtown Galena. The roads are beautiful and best described as “Porsche Roads.”   

Attendees are free to find a restaurant in Galena for lunch or travel west on U.S. 20 W to East Dubuque, IL which is close to the Mississippi River. Casual dining is abundant in East Dubuque.

No other activities are planned for Saturday afternoon. Saturday evening, we will dine as a group at our hotel. We will have a cocktail hour(s) and then a great meal! As usual we will have gifts to auction off, jokes and other amusements. Let’s not forget “The Schnauzer Joke.”

So far, we have 35 plus room reservations at the Irish Cottage Inn & Suites.
The hotel is now sold out and will not accept additional PCA reservations.

The good news is additional reservations can now be made at the Best Western Galena Inn and Suites.
This hotel is .2 miles and a short, 4-minute walk from the Irish Cottage Inn.

Best Western Galena Inn and Suites, 9923 W. U.S. 20, Galena, IL 61036 (815)777-2577

I have reserved 10 additional Double-Queen rooms at $219.00 plus tax.

Our on-site contact is AMY. If you need additional information, please ask for her.

We have approximately 65 PCA Chicago Members who are attending and there is plenty of room for more. So make your reservations as soon as you can so we don’t sell out another hotel!

If you have any questions, please call me: John Diwik 630-962-9224

Registrants should e-mail John Diwik once they have room reservations:     J.diwik@comcast.net

Registrants will be notified when “Clubregistration.net” is available for this event.