Unfortunately, it’s too far for me to travel home for
Thanksgiving, but this year I joined my roommate and her family in
Chicago. It was a lot of fun. We had a nice Thanksgiving dinner with her
family and spent the rest of break exploring Chicago or lying around actually
taking a break.
Lake Michigan is cold.
Luca, my roommate’s dog, dropped her ball off the pier and since she
doesn’t understand depth, I had to go get it.
It was only about knee deep, but there were ice chunks on shore and the
water was freezing. It was worth it
though to see Luca happy again. She was
very upset about losing her ball and was trying to dig through the water to get
it.
We also saw some of Chicago’s sights. We went to Millennium Park and saw a bunch of
strange art. The iconic piece being The
Bean. The Bean is actually supposed to
be a cloud, but, despite its mirror surface, it is very much bean shaped.
Another highlight was the trip to the botanical
gardens. Though not currently flowering,
we were excited to see the corpse flower.
Since the plants are quite hard to take care of and their flowers smell
like rotting meat (that is, when they can be coaxed into blooming), they are an
uncommon sight.
We also went to visit the aquarium. Pictured here are eggs from a bamboo
shark. They are alive and we were able
to see them wriggling around inside their eggs.
They were adorable.
Do you have questions about Lewis & Clark? Feel free to send me an email at
ameliaberle@lclark.edu