No, unfortunately eBUS live in its entirety did not get to go, but I was able to take a plane ride and go out there to visit my girlfriend Ashley and to see the great city of Chicago.

I flew into Chicago, I took the CTA from O’Hare to downtown and met Ashley as she arrived on the train from Holland, MI. We saw the city of Chicago as best we could in two days. We ate a bunch of pizza, we saw many buildings and went up in a few (Sears and Hancock), took a cool architecture tour on the Chicago River, rode on the ‘L’ for the authentic experience, we went to Oak Street Beach, Grant Park, Museum Campus, and Millennium Park, we saw a concert in and amazing venue in the park, and a fireworks show on the waterfront, we also saw a bunch of artwork too. I could go on and on about Chicago, I loved it, the city is so much fun. Briefly my favorite parts were Millennium Park with the giant bean, all the great architecture and the pizza. Oh I can’t forget it was also pretty cool to do the Ferris Bueller thing and the Blues Brother thing (those movies were shot in Chicago). Basically we packed in as much as we could and it was a great time.

Then we took a train ride to Holland, MI where I got to see Hope College. Ashley has been doing research at Hope College all summer so it was fun to see the area and meet the friends she spends all her time with. In Holland we went to the beach on Lake Michigan, climbed some sand dunes, ate a bunch of ice cream, went to Dutch Village and walked around the town. Holland has a great small town feel and I really enjoyed spending time there and meeting the people.

My message doesn’t do justice to how much fun I had and how many cool things I saw but hopefully I will put up some pictures so everyone can get a better idea of my weekend. Anyway, it was great to see Ashley and I’m excited for her to come back to California in a few weeks. (That’s where eBUS live will be too, check the events calendar).

So now I’m back at it and hopefully we’ll be building some bunk beds soon and getting the bus situated for full time living. I’m sure you’ll hear more about that soon.

-Carson

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