Bubba got here on Thursday night. He flew by himself, for the first time - thankfully,it was a direct flight! We picked him up and just called it a night since it was nearly 10:30pm before we got back to the house. Plus, we had a long day ahead of us on Friday... Chicago! At this point, though, we were just really glad he made it up to Indiana.
Friday morning, we left in the late morning. We made a last minute decision to change up our itinerary a bit because of the weather - it was just going to be too hot to be outside on Friday, like we initially planned. So we'd do the Museum of Science and Industry, first! We did this museum with Darian last year, too, and all had a blast, so we knew it'd be a great time again. Shoot... Eric and I have gone by ourselves and had a great time! It's just one of those places.After the Museum of Science and Industry, we headed up Lakeshore Drive, making a stop along the way for a skyline view. And then we ended up at the hotel for a little bit of down time before our next excursion... a White Sox game.
This also meant the fist time on a subway for Kris. Wish it could've been up to Wrigley for Cubs game, but Cellular Field isn't horrible, I guess. Sadly, it was only at about half capacity. And it was a beautiful Friday night! Well, it was until about the end of the game. And then the skies really broke loose... we got on the 'L' right when it started to pour! So we started to plot how to get from the Red Line station to our hotel using one of the bus routes. We didn't end up needing that much coordination... well, Bubba and I didn't. But Eric, who made a quick stop at Walgreens and told us to catch the bus if it came... well, he got caught in the second round of downpours. Oops!
Saturday morning we woke up and decided to use the Divvy bikeshare and go for a bike ride. We started with a bike for each of us as we went to Millennium Park to see The Bean, but then the system 'cracked down' and didn't let us get the third one out for the second leg of the trip. So just Bubba and I went down to Buckingham Fountain
and back up to meet Eric at the Park. From there, we jumped on 'L' and went over to Willis Tower. We got there right as it opened (literally) and were able to sneak to the top before it got super busy. We went at dusk with Darian... but the daylight/morning view gave a whole other perspective. It was cool to see again.Finally, it was back to the hotel for breakfast, showers, and checkout. We were back on the road around noon, with a slight detour as Eric searched to see if Gonnella Bread had an outlet (they don't). Then we were on the way back to Indy! Of course, we had to make a stop at Fair Oaks Farm for some grilled cheese. That's a stop no matter who's with us! And then a close up view of the wind farm, as well. Those things still amaze me!
We got home and just chilled out. We call Eric's parents and met up with them to do dinner - South of Chicago Pizza (to get that taste of Chicago we didn't do). Then we walked down to grab some frozen yogurt. We just took it easy. Today was 'drop-off day' at Indiana State University for Kris... the big reason he came to visit was to attend the summer honors program at ISU. He's going to spend a week of 'intense' college-like life as an aviation student. He's pretty excited. I'm excited for him - it sounds like an cool program! Eric actually did the ISU summer program when he was in high school, so he was just as excited, too! So we dropped off our college kid and left him to get to college experience. Can't wait till we hear all about it next weekend! He actually gets to fly a plane!!
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