Chicago is a big city. It's been quite a while since I've been there. Mostly because the last time I was there was more than 10 years ago, and we were dropping my uncle off at O'Hare.
This time I dropped someone off at O'Hare. My sister Sharon, that is. She's in France now, quite possibly taking advantage of the fact that people in France can understand her. I would be in a difficult situation under the same circumstances. Which is why she's in France, and I'm not.
After seeing Sharon head through security, I said to myself, "Ardith, since you're in Chicago, you should do something fun. Like visit a museum." Given that this was me we're talking about, it was the Museum of Science and Industry, and I had printed out directions before leaving the apartment that morning. You can't say I don't think ahead.
So I went and saw the U-505 (only the outside; it was too late to get a tour inside), the Mercury space capsule, an old movie theatre showing a silent Charlie Chaplin film, the space where there's going to be a video game exhibit in a week or two, the paragraph in the Networld exhibit telling about the difference between hackers and crackers, and the three-story Foucault's Pendulum which also serves as a clock. And, you know, the cadaver slices. All in all, it was quite interesting.
Then, as it was getting to be around 4:30 or so, I headed home. It only took me about an hour and a half to get across Chicago. Part of this is due to the fact that I got slightly off course for a little bit, and part due to the fact that it is, after all, Chicago. Thus, the knowledge that Chicago is a big city. I am bound to remember this for a least the next day or two. Or until my left leg stops being sore from using the clutch so often.
Such was Ardith's one-day road trip. Maybe next time I'm there, I'll stop and get some pizza. And I also need to take a week and get out to Washington D.C. sometime.
Posted by Ardith at January 29, 2006 08:17 PM | TrackBack