Carbondale Illinois

So Jason and I had a quick jaunt to Carbondale Illinois. Jason spent Friday in a 10 hour interview (not exaggerating), and I spent the day driving around seeing sights. I think I got the better end of the deal, however, I did get to meet some of the people he met with and they were just sweethearts! Jason loves being adored, so I'm sure not ALL of the 10 hours was bad. :) We were even invited to dinner with a couple of people and to a play on campus!

We flew into St. Louis, MO and drove about 2 hours southeast to Carbondale, IL, the home of the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Salukis! Not much there, definately a college town and will be booming with excitement in another couple months when the majority of the students come back into town. But it was pretty, lots of lakes and thick trees. Here are a few pictures of the trip. While I was driving to Giant City State Park, I came across this park that a family had made in memorial to their son. It was amazing and I could have stayed there for hours! Sydney and dad would have loved it too! So a lot of my pictures happened to be of it, haha! Enjoy! Oh, and keep in mind I was driving and taking pictures, not a great combination, so they aren't the greatest of pictures!

ST. LOUIS ARCH "GATEWAY TO THE WEST"

CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO ILLINOIS



STOPPED FOR DINNER AT LONE STAR, IT WAS YUMMY!



ALL DRESSED UP FOR HIS INTERVIEW!


COUNTRYSIDE IN ROUTE TO GIANT CITY STATE PARK:


GIANT CITY STATE PARK, WELL, SOME OF IT, OKAY, JUST THE PART OUTSIDE OF THE VISITOR'S CENTER


THAT'S THE CAR WE WERE DRIVING, PARKED OUTSIDE THE GIANT CITY STATE PARK VISITOR CENTER
THE COOL PARK:





CRAB ORCHARD LAKE, IT'S REALLY BIG

GOSH, I ONLY HAVE ONE PICTURE OF CAMPUS AND IT'S NOT EVEN THE WELLNESS CENTER! THIS IS ONE OF THE DORMS ON PART OF CAMPUS LAKE.