Category: Places

Visited Chicago on December 30. Hiked from Union Station to Navy Pier. Enjoyed the view of Chicago on the Centennial Wheel. Took the free trolley to see Cloud Gate aka The Bean. It was a sunny albeit windy and frigid day.  Hike distance was about 5.5 miles roundtrip.

We’ve donated food and volunteered at the Friday Fests on September 28 and October 26, and volunteered at the Thanksgiving Dinner on November 15.

One year later…. On October 16, 2018, I met up with the same velociraptor.

In Eugene’s dorm room at IMSA before the Homecoming Masquerade Ball.

Got the opportunity to see an electric truck yesterday.

Took the opportunity to savor the food at the local restaurants in Reno, Nevada.  The first two restaurants were recommended to us.  The final restaurant was in downtown Reno that was a couple of doors down the McDonald’s Restaurant where I had breakfast in the morning.  Even though no one had recommended it to us, we loved the food there, especially the spring rolls.

Eugene traveled to Reno, Nevada on Friday the 13th to attend the Davidson THINK Summer Institute.  He joins 63 other THINKers between the ages 13 years and 16 years from around the country.  THINKers will complete two 3-credit hour college courses in three weeks.

After attending Center for Talent Development’s Opportunities for the Future Conference at the Northwestern University, we stopped by a local restaurant for dinner.  This is probably the last time that we will have a reason to visit Evanston.  Since 2013, we have visited the college campus for various reasons, namely the CTD NUMATS Awards Ceremony and CTD Summer Programs, such as Apogee and Spectrum.  Eugene has aged out of NUMATS and will be joining other programs, such as the Davidson THINK Summer Institute in Reno, Nevada.

We’ve done a few campouts in the last couple of years.  This time Maggi helped pitch the tent!