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Our Driggs Digs!

Here are some photos of our new place! We have been hard at work getting unpacked and settled this week. The kitchen inspires me to cook, the dining room and living room are like an art gallery and Bannack's room is my favorite spot in the house!

First Days

The first picture is a bit of street art that caught my eye. The next picture is the window of a delightful spot we went for lunch. Jill treated us to a welcome to the city lunch and it was an incredible treat. And, the last picture is a spot we happened upon during a bike ride last night! It appeared to be a quiet, industrial street in Brooklyn...the ice cream was worth the ride. Life is good!

Chicago --> New York

While we were in Chicago, I got to spend the afternoon with the person who inspired me to go into education. Prince is now 20 years old. He was a third grader when I worked at his elementary school during my freshman year of college. It was awesome to spend time with him again!

Farnsworth House

Although we didn't have time to do the Chicago architectural boat tour, we did get to see Chris' favorite piece of architecture, a house designed by Mies van der Rohe. Chris took some great pictures of the place!

Brooklyn or Bust!

Leaving Chicago now. Here are pictures from the first half of our trip. I will write the captions at a later date!







Chris and my dad were master packers with the U-Haul. Everything made it in one piece including my AL Swanson Rocker! It was amazing. The wrap on our bikes didn't last long. We settled on only wrapping the seat and handlebars by the time we got to Townsend! Our three day journey to Chicago was great and Bannack did really well. We tried to stop often and let him play in mud puddles (this picture was from Mirror Lake State Park in Wisconsin). When we got to Chicago, we spent time visiting with my brother Kevin and the relatives on my dad's side of the family. They threw us a potluck so we were able to see most of the family! During the potluck, Bannack experienced two iconic Chicago treats, a White Castle slider and a Rainbow Cone!