Things I want to do

[sillygoosegirl]

Things I want to do while we live in Chicago:

Go on an overnight biking trip along part of the G.I.T.

Go to Europe?

Spend a night or two at a B&B in the woods when there is snow on the ground.

Go to a Cubs game.

Go up in the John Hancock building (again--went when I was in high school).

See the Chicago Board of Trade (again--went when I was in high school)

Go backpacking in Shenandoah National Park

Things I've done (or scheduled) from the above list as of Nov 16th, 2007

Go to Rockford at least once more, and at least once during the summer.

Go to New York (specifically Niagara Falls and Watkins Glen)

Go backpacking in Shawnee National Forest.

Go to Cancun.

Things I've done since moving to Chicago which I'd recommend other temporary Chicago-ites do at least once before moving away:

Visit the Field Museum.

Visit the Museum of Science and Industry.

Visit the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockford (well, maybe not worth the trip all on it's own--but if you go to Rockford).

Bike the drive.

Bike the Skokie sculpture garden.

Go on an architecture boat tour.

Visit the Baha'i temple in Wilmette.

Go swimming in the lake.

Bike the Elroy-Sparta trail (Wisconsin).

Other things I've done while failing to do the things which are actually on my list:

Hiking at Starved Rock State Park

"Backpacking" at Rock Island State Park (Wisconsin)

Backpacking at Black River State Forest (Wisconsin)

Anybody want to suggest things to add to these lists? Anything particularly worth doing that I might have missed or not know about?

Now that it looks like Josh may not be staying for his Ph.D., and therefore could be done with grad school before our lease is up next summer (this is totally not for sure yet, but looks reasonably likely), it looks like we could have a pretty busy year ahead of us if we try to do everything on my list. But I think I see that as a good thing.

Comments

[glowbutt.livejournal.com]

I have no suggestions of course, but it's funny that you post this because just on saturday we were talking about things we want to do here before we move away and I said that we need to start an actual written list and put it on the refrigerator or something so that we a. don't forget about anything, and b. so that it's staring us in the face all the time reminding us of what we want/need to do

[camlost.livejournal.com]

Well, the cubs are playing right now... we could get tickets anytime. I take it biking the drive isn't the same as biking the lakefront trail? That leaves downtown stuff, travel, and backpacking on the list.

[bennj.livejournal.com]

This is a great list, and I wish I had thought to look at it when I was still living in Chicago. :-)

I did a job interview at the Board of Trade, but I didn't get to "see" the Board of Trade. My boss offered to take me down to the floor, but it was too soon before I left the company, so it never actually came together. I was also told that the lake was too gross to swim in, but I can't personally say either way. I never did the MSI, which was permanently on my list, but it's a little different when you're living downtown from when you're living in Hyde Park. Is the Baha'i one the one where there are only 7 of them in the world? I just remember it was all the way at the north of the Purple Line.