Chelsey Out of Chicago
For my graduation/birthday present, my mom and Chris took me along for their road trip back to California. Our trip began with a drive a few hours north, to Door County, Wisconsin , to a 150 year old lighthouse. To visit the Cana Island Lighthouse, we had to ride in a wagon pulled by a tractor across a few feet of water, because the lighthouse is indeed on an island. We went to the top for a wonderful view of Lake Michigan and the shoreline. The Fresnel lens is being removed and put in the museum, so this was the last summer to see it in its proper home. Minneapolis was our next stop. In the morning my mom, Chris and I went to a park near our hotel so we could go for a run/walk. The park was really a series of lakes and supposedly part of the Twin Cities Marathon course. It was a really wonderful place to run and I liked how they had two parallel paths, one for biking and the other for running. Parts of Chicago's Lakeshore path seem to be attempting this, but f...