May 11th, 1998

Monday May 11th, 1998
Game: None
Gas: no gas today
Logding: Chicago, IL

Today was a much needed day of rest.  We did not have to get up early.  We did not have to drive anywhere.  We didn't even do much until the afternoon. 

 Not only was our place close to Wrigley Field, but it was also right by "the el", or elevated train.  In the afternoon we, (we being all the people from the game the previous day who were also crashing at Brian's friend's brother's house) hopped on the train and headed downtown for the afternoon.   Chicago is a great city and we walked all over the place.  We traveled up to Sears Tower and enjoyed a spectacular view from that vantage point.  We had dinner at Hard Rock Cafe, walked around downtown some more, and then headed back to the house to just relax.  

The best story from the day though occurred on the el when we heading into downtown.  All of us were sitting on the train when a man got up with a big duffel bag and walked to the front of the train.

"LISTEN UP EVERYBODY!"  he yelled.

"Oh #@)#!"  I thought.   This guy has a duffel bag filled with explosives and is going to hold us hostage.

"Okay, everybody listen up.  I'm only going to say this once!" he shouted

Now were were really nervous.

He slowly began to open the bag and we all though for sure this guy was going to pull out some gun or explosive or something. Finally he revealed to us what was in the bag

"I'm selling peanuts for $5 a bag.  Anybody want one?"

Are you kidding me?!?!  Peanuts!?!?  After the near heart attack, we continued our uneventful trip to downtown.