Sunday, June 19, 2016

It's been One Week

It's been one week since we started our adventure and we've logged a lot of miles and had fun along the way.

After a few overnights in Tennessee and southern Illinois, we parked our coach in a beautiful state park about an hour from the Chicago (Big Rock Campground). Our plan was to relax a few days and see the city of Chicago. Rather than drive into the city and find parking, we took the METRA train in and out for two days. Everything you could ask of a commuter train - clean, fast, and cheap.



We thought we had escaped the heat in Florida only to arrive in Chicago and enjoy 90 plus degrees on our first day there. We couldn't be satisfied with just seeing the city, we had to go into space (Adler Planetaium), back in time (The Field Museum), and under the ocean (The Shedd Aquarium). The air conditioning was nice as well.

Our second day in Chicago gave us very different weather. Cloudy, drizzly, and a 70 degrees cool. We decided to get our fill of history by riding the Hop on - Hop off busses. The buses and trolleys take you all over town and stop at popular locations; you can get on and off the buses as you like. Along  the way a guide points out interesting information about the city and its history. Important stuff, like where to get the best deep dish pizza.

We tried to get a bird's eye view of the city by visiting the 94th floor of the Hancock building (now called Chicago 360). Socked in with fog, we did not get the view you will see at the link above. It was fun though and we learned a lot about the building and its history. We were most impressed by the spider who chose to live outside on the 94th floor.


We had a little better luck at the the SkyDeck (Sears building) when we visited the 103rd floor. We could see things below the building but not much beyond that. That might have been a good thing since playing on the LEDGE was already pretty darn scary! Re arrow in picture below shows where we were hanging out (literally).


We only had two days in Chicago but we managed to see a lot, now we're off to adventures further West.

Visit our FLICKR library here for more photos of our Chicago adventure:  https://flic.kr/s/aHskBdrcYb

1 comment:

  1. The spider on the 94th floor sounds like it needs to be a poem or a kid book!

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