Chicken in a car, car won't go -
that's the way you spell Chicago!
Day Four: We spent the day getting serious exercise by walking around Chicago. We rode the El (elevated) train on the red line, pink and orange lines to different sections of the city and the downtown corridor. We made a homage to Wrigley Field. The tour tickets were $25/person...so we just circumnavigated the outer footprint. Our hotel had a Trader Joe's beneath it and it provided Breakfast and snacks. We ate lunch at Su Casa, right across the street from our hotel. We spent a good 30-40 minutes in line for the famed Sears tower, which is now named the Willis Tower. We went up 103 stories and had a fantastic view of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Faintly in the distance we saw the shores of Ontario, Canada. We took turns taking pictures from the new Sky Deck, which puts you in a plexi-glass "cage" attached to the buildings exterior. Pictures to come. We left town a few hours after we had planned to and thanked Trader Joe's for dinner too.
Brian drove the entire way from Chicago, Ill to Wisconsin Dells, Wi. Before arriving at Wis. Dells, we passed through a portion of Madison. We stopped at a mini-mart/gas station to use a phone book to try to find our friends the Baughn family. I lamely forgot to secure their phone number before embarking on our journey. The number we found for a R. Baughn did not connect us. The only time I had the internet was when we pulled into a hotel late in the evening. Even still I didn't think to try to contact them online. We are so bummed to have missed this opportunity to fellowship with them. Hopefully the Lord will provide us another chance someday. We camped out at a Best Western, I didn't even get online we were so tired.
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The saga continues today (day five) as we try to put in a 10-11 hour driving day to Mount Rushmore. Now to wake up the boys and find someplace to eat breakfast since the Best Western does not have the freebie breakfast.
that's the way you spell Chicago!
Day Four: We spent the day getting serious exercise by walking around Chicago. We rode the El (elevated) train on the red line, pink and orange lines to different sections of the city and the downtown corridor. We made a homage to Wrigley Field. The tour tickets were $25/person...so we just circumnavigated the outer footprint. Our hotel had a Trader Joe's beneath it and it provided Breakfast and snacks. We ate lunch at Su Casa, right across the street from our hotel. We spent a good 30-40 minutes in line for the famed Sears tower, which is now named the Willis Tower. We went up 103 stories and had a fantastic view of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Faintly in the distance we saw the shores of Ontario, Canada. We took turns taking pictures from the new Sky Deck, which puts you in a plexi-glass "cage" attached to the buildings exterior. Pictures to come. We left town a few hours after we had planned to and thanked Trader Joe's for dinner too.
Brian drove the entire way from Chicago, Ill to Wisconsin Dells, Wi. Before arriving at Wis. Dells, we passed through a portion of Madison. We stopped at a mini-mart/gas station to use a phone book to try to find our friends the Baughn family. I lamely forgot to secure their phone number before embarking on our journey. The number we found for a R. Baughn did not connect us. The only time I had the internet was when we pulled into a hotel late in the evening. Even still I didn't think to try to contact them online. We are so bummed to have missed this opportunity to fellowship with them. Hopefully the Lord will provide us another chance someday. We camped out at a Best Western, I didn't even get online we were so tired.
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The saga continues today (day five) as we try to put in a 10-11 hour driving day to Mount Rushmore. Now to wake up the boys and find someplace to eat breakfast since the Best Western does not have the freebie breakfast.
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