Saturday, May 31, 2014

Day 47: Naperville to Brookfield

Posted by: Arin

We woke up at 6:30 in the morning after only four and a half hours of sleep. There were people going into the building so we got out of there quick and no one noticed us. We didn't really have anything to make for breakfast so we did a quick search to see what was around. Our only options close by were McDonald's and Cracker Barrel, and since I had never been to a Cracker Barrel we chose the latter. Apparently it's like a country style Denny's with a gift shop. We had some breakfast there, charged our phones, and then I called my second cousin Nancy who I knew lived near Chicago. She and her family were going out of town for the day, but she said we could go sleep at her house anyways. Awesome!
We continued our ride down the Prarie Path, going through several towns and almost getting lost a couple times. That path has so many little side paths. We took one stop to help a lady who was running with her bike. She had a flat tire and no tools and was going to run all the way home with her daughter who was on a bike, but we decided to patch it for her so she could ride the rest of the way. We couldn'tu take the wheel off because it was bolt on, but we were able to find the hole and patch it anyways. She was a nice lady, I think her name was Janet. 
We rode on and made it to Nancy's house, where the first order of business was to take showers (as it always is when we get to stay with someone). We were dying of hunger and decided to skate to a Mexican restaurant nearby. Everything on street was closed though because of Memorial Day. We had to skate another mile or so to downtown La Grange, where we got some awesome empanadas. 

On the way back to the house, we noticed an awesome mini ramp thing in a park that was under construction. A part of the fence was only connected by a small amount of wire so we opened it up and went in. The mini ramp was crazy. It had almost no platform on the top and the bottom was unfinished concrete so it was razor sharp. We skated it anyways.
We skated back to Nancy's and played guitar for a while before going to bed... In an actual bed! Illinois isn't all bad.

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