Day 2!

Ever since the 14 hour drive up to Madison from Little Rock things have not slowed down much! As soon as we drove in it was off to dinner and other such good times...


Helga's Homies!

Mike and Helga
 

 The next morning started with the AEE Conference welcome and prestigious Kurt Hahn address. This year the address was given by long-time experiential educator Jasper Hunt. After that we had lunch, wandered around the city a little bit, then a few of us went to the Mad City Urban Adventure 3 hour workshop. It was soo much fun. Mike and I chose to the do the biking route. Although they told us it was not a race, we enjoyed acting like it was one. Although, once we began the route and figured out it was a 25 minute bike ride to the first destination, we decided to just go for the fun aspect instead of trying to "win"... which was probably better because we didn't even know what winning at this little workshop would even look like! haha. We were actually the last ones back to the meeting room at the end of it. We did not even care though because the last destination we made it to was a pasta company called RPs. We got to test about 6 different types of handmade pasta. I think the overall favorite was squash filled raviolli. mMmMMm. Oh! By the way... the bikes were called B-cycles. They are a part of the growing movement of urban bike sharing. Basically you check them out at one place and can return them to any number of stations throughout the city. There is a fee to use them, but luckily we got to use them for free! Here are a couple pictures of our team: Helga's Homies! (Our team "accomplice" was Helga-the little doll in a pink hat and dress.

Our B-Cycles at the Olbrich Gardens

 The evening after this great adventure ended essentially with a nice dinner with Mom and Dad. They drove down from Prior Lake, MN and we had a wonderful time. I absolutely love being around my parents, so it was so great to spend time with them (well, that is when they aren't telling embarrasing stories about me to my direct supervisors).

At the Goodman Center.

mmm. pasta!

 If anyone is actually reading this as I post it, you will see that I am writing day 2 on during, well day 4 ... but that is because it is after midnight. The important part is that I am writing about day 2 and how much fun it was exploring on the B-cycles and spending time with Mom and Dad once they got into town. I hope to post tomorrow about today! To say the least.... it was quite eventful. :)
Love you all.

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