Ever since coming back from my time in Europe its really made me want to explore the U.S. in the same way as if I was a tourist. I grew up here and have yet to see so much. The idea of becoming stagnant in the best damn country in the world is unsettling. So this is the beginning, my Chicago(ish) bucket list for this summer. All I wanna know, is whose coming with me?!
Indiana beach sand dunes
Camping in Wisconsin
Trip to kokomos part duex
Kayak down the Chicago River
Take a tour of the Gonella Bread Factory
Play music in the subway for money
Go to the Air Balloon festival and ride an air balloon
Scuba dive wrecks on Lake Michigan
Taste of Lebanon – Grab falafels and lentil soup
Get a 3am Maxwell Street Polish Sausage
Botanical gardens
Pedway tour
Tour the Board of Trade
Turtle Races at Big Joe’s
Bahá’í temple
Visit Osaka Japanese Garden
Heaed up to Canada
Find the secret trail railroad track
Frank Lloyd Wright architecture tour
hemmingway house tour
Go to the mine pit in Homewood
Eat alligator at the Taste of Chicago
See an indie film at the Music Box or go to the 24 hour horror movie fest
Visit the Bahai Temple in Wilmette
At the Fiesta del Sol, get a piece from the Pyramid of Meat!
Purchase illegal fireworks and blow them up on the Fourth of July
Visit the Graceland Cemetery and find all of the famous Chicagoans
Dance to real house at Green Dolphin in the Boom Boom Room
Chicago jazz fast
Adler planetarium
Watch a show at second city
Visit the local Microbreweries – 3 Floyd’s, Metropolitan, Half Acre, Revolution Brewing, Flossmoor, Goose Island
Get a Whoopski Dog at Superdawg
Eat Harold’s Chicken Shack on Milwaukee, then have a bacon party
Ride with Critical mass
Starve rock camping
Dress up themed bar hop
Hike the grand canyon
Please send me ideas to add to the list! As I go through the list ill be sure to keep updating post with how the adventures go.
