Chicago to Springfield, IL to Lawrence, KS to Pueblo, CO
31.07.2006
Gordon arrived in Chicago last Thursday afternoon. We walked around Millennium Park and then spent almost 4 hours at the Chicago Art Institute. Both were awesome. I think you could spend several days at the art museum. We probably didn't even see half of it.
Friday, we checked out of our hotel (The Seneca is a great place if you ever find yourself in Chicago and need a place to stay - reasonable and in a really good location just across the street from the Hancock Bldg). We drove a little bit south and walked around the University of Chicago (yay, Ann Heath). We also saw a Frank Lloyd Wright designed home - Robie House, I think it was called.
We spent Friday night in Springfield, IL. The next morning, we toured Abraham Lincoln's home, his law office, etc. It was really cool (although the weather was really hot - over 100 degrees and humid). We then drove to St. Louis, MO, where we found a great homemade pretzel/sausage shop. We looked around Washington University (pretty campus in an old neighborhood of stately, well preserved old homes). We then drove across Missouri, stopping in the center of the state to look at the University of Mo and Stephens College (where my aunt went to college). The University of Mo was a really pretty campus. I wanted to visit it because when I was in jr high/high school, I babysat for this couple who graduated from there. After the kids were asleep, I'd browse through their old yearbooks and dream of when I would go away to college some day. In my mind, the Univ. of MO was what college should look like! So I just had to see it in person since I was passing by!
I guess Kansas will have to wait. Time to go to bed now. We drove over 600 miles today (Lawrence, KS to Pueblo, CO), and we're bushed. Tomorrow we'll drive to Durango to visit Gordon's parents. Marina and Hayley will have fun visiting with their cousins, Margaret and Mary Rose.
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