Chicago (kinda) Nov 2009

Total miles covered 460 by car	Total miles on foot approx 5 in a store	Number of Pics 15
Highlights A quick two day excursion to see a concert way outside of Chicago in Dekalb, IL followed by an extensive tour of the infamous Swedish superstore: IKEA  Activities included lots of driving, forgetting wallets at home, staying at Hamburger University, getting knocked around at a bar, and marathon shopping for housewares.

Chicaago Oct 2009

Total miles covered 392 by car	Total miles on foot 8	Number of Pics 37
Highlights A quick weekend jaunt to the Windy City to see a concert at the House of Blues. Other activities included shopping for tights, walking for miles, attempting to ride the ferris wheel at Navy Pier, exploring Millennium Park and the Lakefront area as well as eating and drinking delicious things.

Port Crescent Camping (Sept 4 - 7, 2009)

Total miles covered 577 by car and 8 in canoe	Total miles on foot approx 3	Number of Pics 49
Highlights Labor Day weekend camping in Port Crescent Michigan State Park included lots of sand, food, fun, and sun with daytime temps around 77 and nighttime around 45.  Activities included sunburning, sand sculpturing, fire-making, 'babe' watching, dune kayaking, log moshing, hornet whacking and more!

Backpacking Boston and White Mountains (July 30 - Aug 8, 2009)

Total miles covered 1700 by train, 540 by car	Total miles on foot approx 47	Number of Pics 121
Highlights As our first time visit to Boston, MA. we took Amtrak out of Waterloo to Boston and spent a few days exploring the city by foot carrying almost all of our things in backpacks.  After a short jaunt to Uncasville, CT for a concert we then hightailed it 5 hours North to the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire for backpacking in the presidential range. Next, back to Boston via rental car for a few more days of exploration and fun. Fortunately, the weather was near perfect the entire time (quite rare in the Northeast) which was a very good thing since we had planned on not having a car for our 5 days in Boston and touring the city on foot as well as 3 days backpacking. We ate some good food in Boston and we even ate very well on the trail with some gourmet meals out of our backpacks. Click the pic above to see pics of our trip.

Chicago Mar 2009

Total miles covered 329 by train	Total miles on foot 12	Number of Pics 27
Highlights A quick weekend getaway in March where the Windy City lived up to it's name by providing some very ugly winter weather. Activities included train rides, shopping and of course some delicious dining that only Chicago can provide.