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Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast

Destination Diaries: Chicago - Part 2

Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast

Travis Sherry

Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Society & Culture:places & Travel

4.6890 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Part 2 of our Destination Diary on Chicago where we talk about the public transit in Chicago, how it's the most bikeable city in the US, the sports scene, and the multitude of free things to do in the city!

Transcript

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in Grant Park they delivered to Lincoln's statue and vice versa and they were just like you know

0:04.0

oh we'll fix it later and then it just became like a thing that like their statue of Lincoln

0:09.6

in Grant Park and Grant in Lincoln Park. We can even tell the story of then winter happened and no one wanted to do anything.

0:18.0

The Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast, Episode 237.

0:27.0

Sure, Chicago's home to the vacuum cleaner, Ferris Wheel, Barack Obama, and the zipper,

0:32.1

but did you also know it was the birthplace of the

0:34.0

Twinkie? Between that and deep dish pizza, maybe it should be known as the land of

0:38.3

heart attacks.

0:41.3

Typically when we travel we like to travel more long term. I know that doesn't work for everyone's

0:47.2

schedule everyone is different some people only have one or two weeks a year to get away

0:50.8

but when we travel we like to go longer so that we can explore it deeper.

0:54.4

However, in Chicago, I was only there for three and a half days.

0:58.0

I did my absolute best to explore every nook and cranny that I could of that city.

1:03.6

And with me, I brought my Tortuga Air backpack.

1:07.0

And the reason I love the Tortuga Air

1:08.8

is it's perfect for those short getaways,

1:11.6

for those weekend trips.

1:12.6

It's smaller than the regular Tortuga,

1:14.5

but it fits almost as much.

1:15.9

I love the clamshell way that it opens up

1:18.8

and it is plenty for a weekend trip.

1:21.0

So I brought with me my Tortuga air instead of my regular

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