I might have been to Chicago mostly for Pokemon GoFest, but I had a few more days in the city afterwards. And while wandering around Chicago, I found a place I remembered from earlier visits, but hadn’t remembered the name. Upon discovering it was called Block 37 Mall, I decided it was worth exploring in full. I first stumbled upon
This year I got a chance to attend Pokemon GoFest in Chicago. Not only am I from that city originally, but I had reasons to visit family. I had an action packed weekend and got a second vacation soon after the first. But before I could attend the event, I had to get to Chicago. And while a majority of
Day 1 of Chicago GoFest had me excited enough that I had trouble sleeping. After how much fun I had during the Miami Safari Zone, I couldn’t contain my excitement at the idea of going to an event that I had been told repeatedly was significantly bigger. Best of all, the event was in Chicago, the city I grew up
After how exciting day 1 of Chicago GoFest was, I was even more eager to return to Chicago for Day 2. And on the first day I learned about a place to do raids that I hadn’t checked out at all on the first day. And so I traveled back towards the same train station as day 1 and headed
Well Day 3 of Chicago GoFest was upon me. And this was the height of my excitement as I had my park experience. There were plans to meet up with my friends from Orlando that I hadn’t found yet at this point. And I was even going to complete all my objectives for the day. Naturally my plans went in
I made it all the way to the 4th day of Chicago GoFest. I had already completed my park experience. And my feet were quite sore from exploring Chicago over several days. It might seem like I decided to stay in. And I could have. But no. I wanted my money’s worth and I had paid for the raid lovers
While on vacation and away from the Florida humidity for a bit, I took a chance to explore Des Plaines River Trail 4. This segment of the trail took me down memory lane and I asked my dad to come with me. Not only did this section take me towards my old high school, but the path itself was the
Its been some time since I visited Illinois. But here I was which meant it was time to explore Des Plaines River Trail 3. I hiked a good 8 miles for these photos. A year ago I explored up to mile marker 5. I didn’t quite remember how far away from the last park I would be starting. But it
I was still in Illinois and there was still plenty more to explore around the Des Plaines River Trail. Sedge Meadow Forest Preserve marked the next part. Mile Marker 4.75 I didn’t travel to Sedge Meadow Forest Preserve alone. My brother and father accompanied me on this one. Though they did request no pictures with them included. So you will
Since I was visiting family up in Illinois, I took the opportunity to visit Wadsworth Prairie Nature Preserve. This is the next part of the Des Plaines River Trail. Mile Marker 4 The Wadsworth Prairie Nature Preserve is only safely viewable while hiking the Des Plaines River Trail. No need to have separate posts though so even though I titled