This weekend, Leslie came down to visit me here at the U of I. Boy, it was blessing to have her here.
She arrived Friday evening, and since we both had had long school days, watching LOST entertained us until bed time. She stayed with my friend Anne at Stratford House, which was certainly very nice of her to do.
Saturday was a day of… walking. Before brunch, we took a walk around the 6-pack and south quad. Then after brunch, we walked up to the Engineering Quad, up a little farther to see my apartment for next year, then all the way down to Oregon Avenue for coffee, and then down past Florida and Lincoln to the Arboretum. For a college in Illinois, the Arboretum was quite pleasant. It had some gardens, a lake, wooded areas, and a Japanese house used by the college for Japanese Education. After we were done with that all, we had to walk back.
In all, Leslie and I walked 7.28 miles, according to Google Earth. You can a trace of our trip below:
Today we went to church at TCBC, had brunch at FlatTop Grill (I highly recommend it!), and then plan on spending the rest of our time watching LOST or reading Harry Potter before her bus at 5.