The Windy City

Here is Nelson's temporary office. It has been so awesome to have internet access on the road. We used it to find out where to get the L train into the city and tried to find a walmart to park in for the night nearby. Well, it worked but the internet doesn't tell you the type of neighborhood. It wasn't the worst one I've ever been in but let's just say I have slept better in my life. The car alarms at 3 in the morning was a little much but we survived.
This is what we saw mostly the first 2 days, corn.

Here we are on the L train into the city.

What a view!! This is from the top of the Sears tower. This was David's favorite part of the day.

After the Sears Tower we had a yummy sandwich and soup lunch and then on to the Field Museum. This is Sue. It is the most complete t-rex skeleton in the world. We also saw a lot of stuffed animals (not teddy bears). They had cool mummies also. We were getting tired by this point but a bus ride regenerated us.

Mostly because of the next stop. We (ok the boys ditched us at this point) went to the American Girl Doll store. Can I just say WOW! Doll salon, hospital, restaurant with chairs for your doll so you can eat together, photo studio to take pictures of you with your dolls. Boy were we underprepared. We left all of our dolls and matching outfits for ourselves at home. This was a way fun store!!

The boys couldn't find any stores they wanted to see (except Apple and Garmin) and then walked to the beach to put their feet in Lake Michigan. Meanwhile, we went next door to Macy's and tried on fancy dresses.

Katie's comment when she tried this one on was "Modest is hottest!".

Gino's Chicago deep dish pizza was recommended as a must do so that's where we went for dinner. This place is a sight. The entire restaurant is covered with graffiti from guests. Once again we were underprepared without our sharpies but oh well. The pizza was really great and one slice was enough to fill me up. I guess deep dish is quite an effort because it takes 45 to 60 minutes to get you pizza after you order. It was great to finally relax and we started getting a little giddy.

Somehow we started taking shake face pictures and here is the boy's picture.

I couldn't stop laughing so the girl's picture didn't turn out so well. It was so much fun, though. We had a terrific day and made it back to our motorhome safe and sound. We are driving through Indiana (We have the Music Man on my ipod and had to play Gary, Indiana as we passed through) and looking for the next place to spend the night. Good night Y'all...