For my four day weekend, I was planning on sticking around Chicago since I got the opportunity to volunteer at the finish line of the Chicago Marathon. So Friday and Saturday I spent up in Winnetka with our friends the Baneux's, and Sunday I headed downtown to hand out gatorade to thousands of runners after they finished their 26.2 mile race. I was really a fun experience and a great chance to get to be part of something so important to the whole city of Chicago.
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| Corn from the corn maze |
From there, I walked to Union Station where I got on an Amtrak train to Bloomington/Normal Illinois to spend the next 2 days at my roommates house. We had a ton of fun making carmel corn, watching movies, seeing new scenery (at least for me) on our runs and having home cooked meals. We also went to a pumpkin patch and did a corn maze, picked out some mini pumpkins for the room, had slushy apple cider, and went to the petting zoo. Claire admits that it was the true Midwestern farm experience :) We took the train home together Tuesday and made it back to Loyola in one piece.
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| Alpacas at the petting zoo |
We weren't quite ready for dining hall food yet, so we went up to Evanston that evening for dinner. It was a wonderful 5 days, and the best is that we only have 3 days of school this week!!
PS: We also both signed up for a half marathon on Halloween...not sure why, but we think it will be fun. Now we'll have something to train for!
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