i got home yesterday (8/2/26) from a trip with my buddies to chicago. had a pretty damn good time considering how little planning went into it. we were originally going to make a boundary waters camp out trip. That plan got entirely fistfucked by the recent fires closing our entry point at the 11th hour, so we had to scramble last minute for a place to go. i rode both ways in the trunk seat of my buddy's Mercedes wagon, very cramped and my neck hurts. would not recommend. only 6 hours later we made it to our hotel in Lombard, IL. Our first day was spent walking around Chicago after leaving the OTC, got some cool photers and had some pizza. No luck on finding a PSVita for my one friend unfortunately. our second day was mostly spent at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, the u boat they had stored there was fucking sweet but sadly the tours were sold out :( there were a lot of cool exhibits though i liked walking around and seeing the neat stuff they had on display. sunday was our lollapalooza day, and boy was it a time. the tickets i bought that morning were somehow too suspicious for ticketmaster who cancelled the order. stressed my fucking ass out trying to buy new ones while in line. the nice people at the booth helped me get my shit in order. we made it to the festival at probably like 3 which is fine because my friends went for Ado and Yoasobi, i went for Turnstile, and they were both later on in the day. some awesome fucking music going down there, i hope i can make it for all 4 days sometime.
Group Trip Stats:
Total Time Spent: 4 days, 10 hours
Total Miles Driven: 873 /// Miles By Train: 80 Miles
Pizzas Ate: 1
Cell Phones Lost to O Block: 1
FOGER Purchased: 2
Stims Discovered: 3
Lousy Motherfuckers: 5
Microwaves Fucked With: 1
Joints Eaten: 1