not the big city but still pritty big

      From columbia we headed to a small town called hunnewell with a free camp ground. it was nice and had some jon boats you could use free of charge. but they wouldnt let us take our kayaks out because of  the posibility of transfering zebra mussels to the lake. so we got a jon boat and went out to play. we paddled the best we could but the paddles would fall out of there slots and the wind got pritty bad so we didnt make it to far.

                                      

       next was chicago, or a town just north of chicago called zion. illinios beach state park was there. this was the first paid camping and that wont become a regular thing. we cruised around town a bit on our bikes, found alot of parks and discovered there was a trian that would take us into chicago for $7.25. so the next day we went into chicago. neither of us had ever ridden a trian other than something at the zoo or a mall so this was new to us. it was alittle over an hour ride in to the city but it droped us right in the center.
                                     

                                 
                                   
       right from the get go it was crazy. there were people everywhere, lots of cars, poeple on bikes. it seemed like we were the only poeple not in a hurry to get somewhere. and we were the only poeple who had no clue where we were going.so we just started walking. we found that the bottom floor od all the building were stores and every thing on top were appartments. i cant see why someone would choose to live in a pile of houses when less than half an hour away are empty fields. just my openion but the place looked way to crowded for me to stay very long. we found a walmart right on a corner tucked under a building. i knew they did that with little coffee shops but a walmart, really? but i used this to refuel myself with a 6 pack of hersheys. we got to the river which was my favorite part because ever block there was a draw bridge. they were all built in the teens and 20's.

        pritty cool but eventually it just gave use head aches from all the noise and cigarette smoke. so we desided it was back to zion. but of course the next trian wasnt for 3 hours. so we went and wandered some more and then just sat in the lobby and waited the rest of the time.

 

 

       we got back to camp and settled in we saw a family of dear less than 50 feet from the camper a few times. at one oint jamie went and started her bike and they just lookeed at her then went back to eating. we had a good time but after our little adventure for the last week we have decided we went to big and need to change a few things.