Chicago 2005
The story:
I received an message from my website from one Claire D. who lives in
Scotland. She was searching the web for friends she knew, one Katie
Wokosin, and came across my Scotland 2000 travel site. She asked if I
knew how to contact them. I fired off an E-mail to David, a colleague
and friend in college, at his last known E-mail address. After a week
of not hearing from him, I fired off another E-mail to a mutual friend
and colleague, Jeff Long. Not hearing from him, I started my own search
using Google.
My search yielded interesting results. It seems that David is now
employed in Chicago, and has been stateside for nearly a year. With my
life in flux over the past year, I sort of lost touch with the Wokosins
and didn't even realize they had returned.
Through an odd quirk of fate, a friend of mine in Omaha, one Jen J., had
a wedding to attend in the Chicago area, and had room for me to
accompany her. Both Jen and I took Friday off to head east along the
I-80. The drive was estimated shy of eight hours by MapQuest, but Jen
and I took a few diversions along the way. Also, Chicago traffic is
pretty nasty in some areas.
We arrived at the Wokosins' around 6:30 p.m., had some dinner, played
some cards, and reminisced. Jen then took off to the Hyatt Regent
where she already had a reservation. I spent the next day and a half
with David, Katie, Kevin, and Andrew. Sunday I was dropped off in
Sycamore, IL where Jen was waiting. The six of had lunch at Subway,
then Jen and I headed back to Omaha. One the way back, Jen and I
stopped at the Putnam Museum and Iowa 80the largest truck stop in
the world.
I arrived home after ten and was asleep at 11:00 p.m. Jen had been
sick from the onset of the trip, and I picked up the bug. I went
to work Monday morning, but soon realized that I couldn't concentrate,
so I went back home.
See some images of the trip.
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