Vacation (Chicago) Day 4

We slept in a little. We did have to get going we had a lot to see and not much time. We had breakfast at Denny's across the street from our hotel. Then we went to a park and ride lot because we wanted to use the public transportation to get around so we did not have to do any more driving. And driving and parking in Chicago is pretty much out of the question. You can buy day pass that will give you access to the subway and buses for however many days that you will be visiting. We got on the subway and then on a bus and that took us right in front of our first stop the Field Museum.

Wow, it was huge. It was DC quality!! Normally you have to pay to get in but because it was the 2nd Monday of the month it was free. So that saved us lots of money. We walked around there and saw all of the exhibits for a few hours.

Afterwards we got on the bus and went to Navy Pier. We walked around and saw the shops and Lake Michigan. We went on a boat ride that explained the Chicago skyline. We ate a yummy lunch of Chicago Dogs and Pretzels.

By the time we were ready to leave it was about 5:00pm and we wanted to go see the Sears Tower. We got on the trolley but it didn't take us to where we wanted to go. So we had to find another bus to take us there. Well that bus was not coming so we decided to walk the 8 blocks. Needless to say we were already tired of walking.

Well, we walked about a block when someone was getting off a bus and it happened to be the bus number that we were looking for. So we got right on. I consider this our little tender mercy for the day. It's nice to know Heavenly Father is watching out for us no matter where we are!

We saw the beautiful view from the top of the Sears Tower just as the sun was setting.

After that we were starving and wanted some Chicago Pizza. Luckily we found an authentic Chicago Pizza Restaurant just a half a block down the street. It was so thick and delicious.

Then we rode the subway back to our car and hotel.