Midwest Roadtrip Finale

I just love those Heads, don't you?

We had a lot of fun in Chicago.  Before departing the city, we wandered around Millennium Park, watched the kids play in the fountains, and then made our way up Michigan Avenue.  We crossed the river and took in the refreshing lake breezes.  It is funny how that lake wind feels nice and cool and crisp in comparison to the salty, humid breeze that comes from the ocean (perhaps I will always be more of a lake girl).  When our legs felt like they had enough wandering around, we wandered some more and then we looked at our time-keeping-devices and found that we were late in meeting up with our friends!  So, we pushed it into high gear and more or less ran to Navy Pier where among the thousands of people, we finally found the boys.  Luckily, we were not too late and we were still able to catch a viewing of Shrek at the Shakespeare Theater.  Nothing like a bunch of over-educated nerds sitting amongst 200 first-graders and laughing our heads off at that Donkey.

Thanks Chicago for being so fabulous.

Midwest Roadtrip VI ....Chitown

The roadtrip that just keeps on going...  That's what we were thinking when driving from Minnesota to Chicago to meet up with yet more friends.  Reaching Chicago traffic after 5+ hours of driving is, 'ehem, not ideal, but after parking the car, relaxing a bit and then hitting the streets with camera in hand, I was really glad that we got to explore the Windy City.  Just after sunset, the city was aglow with twinkling lights along the streets and parks and even from boats on the lake.  We wandered around for awhile before meeting up with our pals from Saudi that just happened to be in the Midwest for the weekend.  We got some surprisingly tasty food at the House of Blues and listened to a crazy, salty-dog serenade us with Sweet Home Alabama and other classic tunes.  I am resoundingly not a city girl, but every once in awhile, I do really enjoy the excitement and artistic energy that urban areas provide.