Tuesday June 2nd
Just leaving Chicago as I type this. Our charter plane is about to take off to head to Washington DC. We only spent last night and part of today in Chicago but rest assured we made the most of our 18 hour stay!! The Ncba had an awesome dinner for us with good local Chicago food and drinks afterwards on the 96th floor of the John Hancock center. It was downtown Chicago with the most amazing views of the city. Of course our group just can't get enough of each other so we did some more socializing and dancing at shenanigans.
We hit Chicago Mercantile Exchange this morning. A gal on the trip is from Fort Worth and a commodities broker so she had arranged to get to go down on the trading floor while we all looked on from the observation deck! It was a highlight for her of course as was the visit for all of us. After CME we toured Bruss's, a steak cutting business. I saw some local WA BEEF in there that was cut and boxed ready for food service and restaurant use!
We just landed, said goodbye to the charter plane staff that has flown us the last couple days since we left Kansas. I definitely do not think they have ever had a group like us before!:). Oh and we are currently stuck on our bus on the tarmac because Obama and Air Force One are a little ways down! And my last comment is there is only about 2 degrees of separation on this trip instead of three! Another connection I learned of today is a guy from CT has a wife who works with my brother! Its pretty exciting when you come together with people from across the whole country for this one experience and you've never met before and you discover all these connections! We are off to the NCBA office here in DC for a reception with John Deere folks and we get a walking tour of the monuments.
Just leaving Chicago as I type this. Our charter plane is about to take off to head to Washington DC. We only spent last night and part of today in Chicago but rest assured we made the most of our 18 hour stay!! The Ncba had an awesome dinner for us with good local Chicago food and drinks afterwards on the 96th floor of the John Hancock center. It was downtown Chicago with the most amazing views of the city. Of course our group just can't get enough of each other so we did some more socializing and dancing at shenanigans.
We hit Chicago Mercantile Exchange this morning. A gal on the trip is from Fort Worth and a commodities broker so she had arranged to get to go down on the trading floor while we all looked on from the observation deck! It was a highlight for her of course as was the visit for all of us. After CME we toured Bruss's, a steak cutting business. I saw some local WA BEEF in there that was cut and boxed ready for food service and restaurant use!
We just landed, said goodbye to the charter plane staff that has flown us the last couple days since we left Kansas. I definitely do not think they have ever had a group like us before!:). Oh and we are currently stuck on our bus on the tarmac because Obama and Air Force One are a little ways down! And my last comment is there is only about 2 degrees of separation on this trip instead of three! Another connection I learned of today is a guy from CT has a wife who works with my brother! Its pretty exciting when you come together with people from across the whole country for this one experience and you've never met before and you discover all these connections! We are off to the NCBA office here in DC for a reception with John Deere folks and we get a walking tour of the monuments.
Jenna :)
View of Chicago from the John Hancock Tower!
