The Windy City!

We spent the past couple days in Chicago. We arrived in the late afternoon on Thursday and got a great walking tour of parts of downtown by my Aunt Tina, who graciously let us stay at her apartment.

On Friday, we walked to the shore of Lake Michigan and around the Navy Pier. We then took the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s boat tour, which was excellent. We popped up to the rooftop bar at the London House (a tip from Tina) before the afterwork crowd mobbed it to scope more views of the buildings we had just seen from the river tour. We then hopped over to the Spy Bar, which was….  interesting (better suited for kids?). Then we were able to score some last minute tickets to the “Fantastic Super Great Nation Numero Uno” show at Second City. To top off the night, we got some deep dish pizza at Lou Malnati’s. We both went in with low expectations, but were pleasantly surprised.

After a late start this morning, we hit the road again, heading toward Badlands National Park. We stopped for an early dinner on the banks of the Mississippi in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and then stopped for the night in Fairmont, Minnesota.

a picture of Ashley and Eddie in the bean.
Tina, Ashley, and Eddie in the bean.
a picture of the Chicago bean sculpture
The bean at night.
Chicago's skyline.
Chicago buildings from the architecture tour.
a picture of the corn cob buildings
The corn cob buildings.
The Mississippi river
The Mighty Mississippi in la Crosse, WI.