On Tuesday, October 23rd, Kevin and I took Jake and Scar into downtown Chicago for a little tour.
We started the tour at the famous Willis Tower (aka Sears Tower). It was pretty cloudy that day so we couldn't see the top of the building until we were a couple miles away!
We did a lot of walking to avoid driving. I think Kevin said we walked about 5 miles total, but that's OK. We got to see all the different sides of Chicago, starting with the big important buildings...
and the "heartbeat" of the city as tourists passed by and people rushed in and out of work...
We even got to see a little nature while we were walking around town...
and there were ample opportunities to see the rundown portions of the city...
as well as the rich history of Chicago!
Eventually our walk took us to Navy Pier where we stopped to eat at McDonald's and to watch the movie Taken 2 at a nearby AMC theater!
Then we continued our tour and were able to see many more fun and interesting things, such as: a pink taxi, a giant Ferris wheel, one of Nikola Tesla's inventions (not an original), and two dudes dressed in NEON orange for no apparent reason!
But my favorite part of the tour was seeing the city at night, particularly the BEAN!
Jake has a really nice camera and was able to capture some pretty nice shots of the city at night.
But soon we got tired, so be said good bye to the bean...
as well as the rest of Chicago, and we headed back home for two solid days of vegging! More to come on that...LATER!
2 comments:
Some of those night pictures are postcard worthy! I'd totally hang that picture of The Bean at Night on my wall!
Dude, you got some photography SKILLZ mama! Were those pics taken with Jake's fancy camera? Cuz DANG! They are AWESOME!! So glad you guys got to do some grown up touring together. Downtown Chicago is a little more manageable without the kiddos :)
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