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ChazInAz

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2. Warm up?

Reply to Peregrine Took (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 12:22 AM

Feb 2014

Bloomington-Normal is a good location for everything but the "Warm" part. Close to Champaign-Urbana, so you'd be in the neighborhood of three world-class universities. Allerton Park is nearby in Monticello, for some amazing hiking and biking.
Ignore Springfield: I grew up there.

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Any good places to go to warm up from Chicago to Southern Illinois? [View all] Peregrine Took Feb 2014 OP

Let me know when you find one!!! Lifelong Protester Feb 2014 #1

Warm up? ChazInAz Feb 2014 #2

springpatch does have a good museum. But as for culture, ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2014 #4

Ya, I figured chances would be slim to none but I would give it a shot. Peregrine Took Feb 2014 #3

a shot? ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2014 #5

Carbondale. ColesCountyDem Feb 2014 #6