The weeks and especially, the weekends go so quickly.
One more day in March and it will be April already.
Time flies, not only when you are having fun but also when you get older.
This has been another great weekend.
On Friday night, the faculty and their families had a much needed, better late than never, get together at Jeanne and Tim's house.
There was so much yummy food and lots of great conversation.
I hope it made everyone feel a bit more united.
On Saturday, John and left on a road trip to Bloomington to visit Alissa and Nathan.
We did some shopping at Target and Gordman's before checking into the Motel 6 and getting ready for our dinner and night out.
Alissa and Nathan picked us up at the Motel and we headed over to Destihl for a few specialty beers and dinner.
We all had good food and the beer was, as expected, good, too.
After dinner, we went over to CII's which is Alissa and Hunter's favorite bar where everybody knows your name.
I posted this picture of Lis and I on Facebook and one of my friends commented, "You look like sisters." That did not sit well with Alissa!
Nathan suggested that we take a Taxi back to the motel so that John could enjoy as many beers as he wanted without the worry of driving, so that is what we did. At the end of the night, all four of us hailed a taxi, we got dropped off first and then Alissa and Nathan got dropped off at their home.
We, John especially, liked the taxi idea.
Sunday was a beautiful day, temps in the high 50's, so John and I stopped at Starved Rock State park in Utica, Illinois on the way home.
We had been there two summers ago when we vacationed at a "Dells" like resort in that area.
Because of the nice weather, all of Illinois was at the state park today. I think the winter has been so long and cold and everyone is so happy to get out.
We hiked to St. Louis Canyon which was a three mile hike.
Even with all the people and dogs, did I mention the dogs, once we got away from the popular visitor center and Starved Rock area, the path was pretty deserted.
This is St. Louis Canyon where we had hiked to with the Van Aukens two summers ago.
It still had snow and ice and was not as accessible as it was in the summer, but still pretty.
After hiking for about two hours we headed home.
It was a wonderful way to spend our weekend.
Now bring on the week!
Alissa and Nathan picked us up at the Motel and we headed over to Destihl for a few specialty beers and dinner.
We all had good food and the beer was, as expected, good, too.
After dinner, we went over to CII's which is Alissa and Hunter's favorite bar where everybody knows your name.
I posted this picture of Lis and I on Facebook and one of my friends commented, "You look like sisters." That did not sit well with Alissa!
We, John especially, liked the taxi idea.
We had been there two summers ago when we vacationed at a "Dells" like resort in that area.
Because of the nice weather, all of Illinois was at the state park today. I think the winter has been so long and cold and everyone is so happy to get out.
We hiked to St. Louis Canyon which was a three mile hike.
Even with all the people and dogs, did I mention the dogs, once we got away from the popular visitor center and Starved Rock area, the path was pretty deserted.
It still had snow and ice and was not as accessible as it was in the summer, but still pretty.
It was a wonderful way to spend our weekend.
Now bring on the week!
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