Robert Summer 2007

6-26-07 Tue we went to pick up Soong and dropped off Larry and Soong at Newark Airport to fly to Chicago.

6-27-07 Wed 11pm Left home and Dad drove over night on Rt 80 West toward Chicago and we were all sleeping in the van. When we woke up, the van was at the parking lot of a rest area.

6-28-07 Thu 6am We continued on Rt 80 and had breakfast at McDonald near border of PA and OH. Around 9am, we arrived Akron, OH and visit University of Akron, skated in the campus and had Starbuck in brand new student center that has bowling alley.

In afternoon, visit Cleveland Great Lake Science Museum since we are member, and stayed at Holiday Inn at night.

6-29-07 Fri 7am We continued on Rt 80 and visit brand new RV Museum in Indiana, and later we visit University of Notre Dame. We arrived at Chicago at 3pm their time and visited Fields Museum in Chicago where we are member. Then we skated at the Skate Park right next to Lake Michigan. At night, we went to Chicago City Center Hotel to visit Larry after we had nice dinner at Chinatown and brought nice dish to him. That night, we stayed at Holiday Inn and Suites.

6-30-07 Sat 9am We visit Millenium Park and I rented a bike to bike along North Shore and also Maganificent Mile. At night, we took Larry to have dinner at Chinatown again, but at Taiwanewe restaurant. That night we stayed at Hyatt O'Hare, very nice hotel.

7-1-07 Sun 10am We visit Larry since his team stepped into final, and need to compete again. We visit Hyatt Downtown, the FBLA National Conference headquarter, so many students. Later we had a nice lunch met with Larry after his competition. He said his team got the plaque for the school. We left Chicago around 5pm and heading to Independence OH, and arrived after midnight to check in at Courtyard.

7-2-07 Mon 9am We left hotel and heading home and had a nice breakfast on road at PA border, and later had a nice dinner at Panera Bred at PA near NJ. We got home very late but safely.

7-3-07 Tue 11am We went to Newark Airport to pick up Larry and Soong and gave Soong a ride home.

7-7-07 Sat We visit UMBC, University of Maryland at Baltimore County and Johns Hopskins.

7-8-07 Sun 1pm We went to Lowe Move Cinema at Rt 1 to watch Transformers.

7-15-07 Sun 1pm We went to Regal Cinema at Hadley Center to watch Harry Pottor.

7-18-07 Wed We went to Boston and visit Harvard University. Natural History Museum that has Glass Flowers, animals, birds and whales and university bookstore. We also visit MIT and MIT Museum and take subway back to Boston.

7-20-07 Fri On the way back, we visit Brown University at Rhode Island and join the tour.

7-27-07 Fri We went visit US Mint and Rodin Museum and stayed at very nice Courtyard at Newark DE after visit University of Delaware and Christiana Mall where we had a dinner at food court.

7-28-07 Sat 10am We visit John Hopkins Univ and join the Discovery Tour, the campus is very beautiful; the gym is so new and huge. Later we visit the University Bookstore run by Barnes and Noble, and had a lunch at a Chinese restaurant nearby.

7-29-07 Sun We drove I-476-North to visit Jim Thorpe near our land at the lake. We had a nice dinner at Penn's Peak with 30 miles view.

7-30-07 Mon We visit U Penn and join the tour; there was a big thunderstorm.