Getting ready for Halloween
October 13, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Megan and I head out for the day. On our way to the train station we pass this house that is totally ready for Halloween. I'm so ready for the holiday, no matter where I end up.
Starting with the bean
October 13, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Megan started to your me around Chicago. I took a few pictures of the famous bean. And the coolest pic under the bean.
Shedd aquarium
October 13, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Megan and I started our day by going to the aquarium. These are some of the cool and pretty pictures of the fish.
Deep dish pizza
October 13, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We went to Giordano's and got the Greek salad and veggie stuffed pizza. The pizza takes 45 minutes to make and we had a seat to keep an eye out on the Cub's game. Much better than my experience withRead more
Navy pier
October 13, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
We left the John Hancock building and walked over to show me the navy pier. It was closed by the time we got there, but I still get to say I've been to the navy pier. We left hopped on a bus andRead more
Lincoln zoo
October 14, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
I get free roadside parking and go to the free zoo. When I get I got to see yet another beautiful view of the city. I was also entertained by the old cars that they turned into food stands.
Zoo exhibits
October 14, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
This wasn't a big zoo, but because the weather was cooler the animals were much more active and visible than what I am accustomed to seeing. I almost got a video of a zebra squealing at a little kid.Read more
Art at the zoo
October 14, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Of coarse I always enjoy the artwork that places choose to put on display. I really enjoyed the flying man and the intense gorilla stare.
Snow monkeys
October 14, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
I made it to this information session on how they are doing research on the monkey's social and intellectual skills. They are teaching the monkeys to use a touch screen. They show live feed at theRead more
Children's zoo
October 14, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
I finished at the zoo and went to the kids section. I got to feed the black cow and saw a glimpse into what a milking station looks like.
Illinois river
October 14, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
I met up with Anton, my host, and he showed me around the very small town and then took me to a park to show me a place he likes to go and relax to look at the water. After that we went to the localRead more
Starved Rock State Park
October 15, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
I got to the park and met this family from Minnesota that I ended up hiking the trails with. We didn't go at a fast rate, but it was really fun to be able to talk the whole time and they even offeredRead more
Wooden sculptures
October 15, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We got to the Starved Rock resort and they had great big wood carved sculptures. Really cool stuff. We even passed by a wedding taking place outside. I posted the best picture I could get of the brideRead more
Matthiessen State Park
October 15, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
I headed to this park that was about 3 miles away and hiked these paths for a while. I didn't have a posse anymore, but it was an interesting park and I'm sure even more beautiful when they haveRead more
Ottawa
October 15, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
I return to Anton's home and he says he wants to show me around Illinois some more. We had over to the area that he works and he shows me the memorial they have for Lincoln vs Douglas.
Chicago dog
October 15, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
After talking to Anton for a bit, he decides we don't have to go see Chicago. He settles on taking me to the Harrah's casino in Juliet. I finally taste a version of the famous Chicago dog and I get toRead more
Jelly Belly
October 16, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
I stopped at the Wisconsin visitor center and saw the brochure for this factory tour and of I went. I can't saw it was a super exciting tour, but it was cute and I got free jelly beans.
Appleton
October 16, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
I arrived at Sean's house, my host for the night. He was very inquisitive and it was fun answering all his questions about my trip. He is trying to expose his kids to traveling more and I was happy toRead more
Oshkosh
October 17, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
I met up with Derek from couchsurfing and he showed me around. We started at the farmers market where I tasted my first cheese curd. It was cold, so it didn't squeak. We checked out the zoo and sawRead more
EAA Museum
October 17, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
I went with both Derek and John to the museum. We were able to talk our way in for free because there was so little time left before it closed for the day. It was very popular for the area because itRead more
Rich Guzzi
October 17, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 2 °C
I was so excited to be able to see this show on the road. As always just so funny. I got to take a picture with him and made Derek a fan as well. Super fun night in the tiny town of Shiocton, with aRead more
Dairy and cheese
October 19, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
I headed up to the Marieke Gouda and tasted their dissent types of goudas. The staff was super friendly and there were so many cows, both real and fake. And of coarse cheese. Lots of cheese.
Second corn maze
October 19, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
I went outside to wait until the 1pm milking and saw they had a minion corn maze. Not as fun as the first one since it was partially torn down, but I still got a little lost inside which was fun.
Milking cows
October 19, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
I waited until 1 in the observation deck. I got to see all the cows line up and wait to be milked in this contraption. I stared and stared and I don't know how they did it, but I figured out they wereRead more
Irvine zoo
October 19, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
I went to the visitors center and asked for a nice place to hike or jog and they suggested the local park that also had a free zoo. It was such a nice place, even though most of it is underRead more