Chicago/Minneapolis

The first catch-up post will be our trip to Chicago with Cody, Cassandra, Bridget, and Con Hunley. (You can't just say his first name, it's one of those that always comes as a pair) We drove up there in the evening trying to keep up with everybody in the other car speeding their way through the night. We stayed in an awesome hotel right downtown off the Magnificent Mile. Parking was $40 a night!

 

The next day we took our cars over to Bridget's sister Sandy's and checked out their awesome rooftop corner apartment. It was one of the nicest places I've been inside and it was mostly glass with a killer view of the city! We all went downtown and walked around checking out the crazy cars and eating hot dogs... wait that was me and Cody.

The girls were hitting up the 'Mile pretty hard, going to every store from $4 shirts at H&M to AllSaints where they have $265 shirts. We met up at the Goodman Theatre to see the musical "Crowns" which was actually really good. Dinner was awesome too!

We toured the city some more the next day and went on an architecture cruise through the middle of river downtown. We got tons of cool shots and a nice lesson on the architectural history of Chicago. Later we walked around and went to Calumet Camera (while the girls shopped) and that place was photographer heaven! Cody bought his Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 wide angle and we played with it downtown until we met up for lunch.

 

That night, we saw a really cool magic/play/musical in a tiny one room theater that was about Harry Houdini. We had a birthday dinner for Cassandra at Sandy and Billy's awesome condo and called it a night! The next day we went all over town again shooting the scenery and playing tourist with just Cody and Cassandra. We split up and headed to Minneapolis.

We went up there to do Hayley's interview for Sky West. The drive was super long, but no big deal. We are pro road trippers! We got a room and prepped for the interview. The next day Hayley was busy mostly all day, but we had lunch at the Mall of America... that place is huge! She finished the interview, but didn't find out about getting the job for almost 5 months. We drove home stopping along the way at Culver's for the best burgers and cheese curds ever. So, even though there weren't any crazy stories or misadventures on this trip, it was still a whole lot of fun!

Next Up: Our Out West Road Trip... I promise this time!