Illinois

After St. Louis, we headed to Galesburg, IL to visit Josh and Knox College (my alma mater). We spent some time walking around campus, which really did not take all that long as it is very small, saw a few staff and faculty, enjoyed a Knox community potluck, and an evening at Seminary Street Pub. We also had the chance to meet a few of Josh's friends and co-workers- all fabulous people! Chris and I spent one day out at Green Oaks, Knox's biological field site, canoeing and spotting jumping fish.


From Galesburg, we drove east to Chicago. Our first night in town we met Blair for dinner at Duck Walk (where Chris and I had our first date, also where he proposed). Yesterday we lingered around Wrigley Field, hoping to score some tickets to the Cubs game, but to no avail. So we settled for watching the game at Sluggers (a bar across the street that has batting cages!). Cubs almost blew it, but they ended up flying the big W flag after 2 extra innings.

Last night we met some people to celebrate Blair's friends birthday. We met some really wonderful people and ate the best grilled corn and chicken ever. Hats off to the chef- Jason (Blair's brother).

We're enjoying our last day in Chicago and prepare for much camping and driving as we head to Oregon!

Nan