On my last day of school, two 6th Graders (Zach & Aiden) had a Green Screen, where they took your picture and you could choose the background. I did this one with Mom.
And I did the Titanic with Andy, Elliot, Mom & Andrea
Monday, July 10, 2017
Visiting the Mid-West-Chicago
Grandma decided to stay in Minnesota, so Mom and I rented a car and drove to Chicago to visit Uncle Colin, Aunt Lori, and my cousins Jack (15), Sophie (13), & Gavin (12). It was for only a day and a half, but I had a really good time.
Our full day was Saturday, July 1. We took the green line down town and we started off doing the River Walk.
There are some crazy buildings here!
We used a hotel bathroom that was entirely covered in little mirror tiles!
Our main destination was Maggie Daley Park just north of the the Chicago Art Institute. It was so much fun! There were lots of structures to climb on.
All with skyscrapers in the back ground.
I hit the slides!
The park also had water features. This one cooled us down.
We also went up the lighthouse.
Uncle Colin, Jack, and Aunt Lori waited in the shade.
We crossed the highway on the Serpentine Bridge by Frank Gehry.
There was another park called "The Prairie"
We got to soak our feet in the cool water.
After walking 5 miles, we took the Green Line back to Oak Park. I had a lot of fun and I slept really well that night.
Visiting the Mid-West-Minnesota
Grandma Judy and Tha Tha have moved into a retirement community. Their apartment strangely looked like all of their other homes. Grandma said it was because she still had the same furniture. I like their home, it reminds me of a magazine. Unfortunately, Tha tha was in the hospital during our visit.
Mayowood is one of the big old homes in Rochester Minnesota, own originally by one of the Mayo brothers. We had a tour with Grandma Judy. The Mayo Clinic took ownership of it in 2014 and had done a lot of needed preservation work. The house looked great!
It was strangely cool in Minnesota for late June. Fortunately, I had my sweatshirt.
This garage has a fountain on top. Mom and I found that to be odd. On Monday, I started another camp at Quarry Hill. This year it was about fossils, rocks in general and a lot of digging. Excavating is not my thing, but I had to do it to know it.
My class met out in the garage. We got to ride a bus to one of our excavation sites. It poured on the way back to Quarry Hill. It was a good camp, but next year I will chose a different area to study.
Grandma bought me this book on our trip. Ryan Higa is one of my favorite You tubers.
