Go to the Up

Maybe it is the weather warming up, maybe it is something else.
But lately my desire to visit Japan has been growing. I am pretty sure that I want to visit the area around Kobe, Osaka, and Kyoto. At the same time my desire to go and explore places is growing. Maybe it is just a desire for a test run so to speak. I think I am going to make a visit to the Chicago Botanical Gardens. With spring getting in full swing I thought now would be a great time to go there. I think I have been there once before, but that was so long ago that I am not even sure that it is true. I hear that they have a Japanese style garden that would be great to see. I want to borrow a digital camera so I can take a ton of pictures. I will see if I can figure out how to post pictures to this blog and share some with you all.
In my adventurous fling (and due to the rapidly growing gas prices) I decided it would be a great idea to take the train. Luckily the train route to Chicago is decent and should serve me quite well with the Garden being less than a mile from the station. I will see if I can grab someone to go along with me so I am not all alone.
I am also making plans to visit the Shedd Aquarium maybe in March and maybe even the Museum of Science and Industry this Summer. I don't think my class will eat up too much time. Who knows maybe I can meet some interesting people on these excursions.
I am not even caring if the weather is going to be rainy this weekend. I think I will go anyway.
A little bit of spending cash a packed lunch and a digital camera and away I go.
Only three days left until Saturday. I am getting more excited about this little trip than I have been over anything in quite a while.