Courage of Conviction

Well, I’m here in Chicago, or Evanston to be more accurate.  I’m staying with my cousin who is a student at Northwestern.  I’ve already had Chicago deep dish pizza.  I had it this evening so that it will be all digested by the time I’m ready to run Sunday morning. 

At any rate, the flight out of Reagan National was uneventful - no problems at the airport, no lines, only a slight delay before take-off, etc.  In fact it was a nice travel experience. 

Chicago is a neat big city.  It reminds me of NYC in many ways, except one - the people.  (BTW, I do like the people of NYC and think they get a bad rap)  The people here in Chicago are definately mid-western in their approach to dealing with other people.  Those of us from the East Coast don’t talk with strangers when we travel because we don’t want them to bother us - not that we really know that they would, but you get the idea. 

The people here don’t talk to strangers when they travel, it seems to me, because they don’t want to bother the other people traveling.  It’s definately a more humble attitude I’ve noticed. 

I’m not really attempting to prove anything here, just making an observation. 

Tomorrow I’m off to the marathon expo and more experiences of the windy city.

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