Hi all! We've had a busy and exciting weekend in Chicagoland area. Friday, we arrived in lovely Elk Grove Village, Illinois, to visit my Aunt Caryl and Uncle Paul. Their good friend Marilyn was kind enough to let us park the beast in her driveway (thanks, Marilyn!), so we actually got to sleep in a stationary bed and take a shower that didn't smell like hose water. What a treat!
Even better though was the mega-whirlwind tour of Chicago we had -- I'm telling you, if you need to see Chicago in 8 hours or less, call my Aunt Caryl and Uncle Paul (see picture below, if you need to find them in a crowd.) They work cheap. ;)
I kid you not, over the course of the day we:
1. Saw Harpo Studios where they film the Oprah and her many derivatives
2. Ate breakfast at a trendy cafe
3. Took a boat tour of the city
4. Walked down Navy Pier
5. Saw Wrigley Field
6. Drove through Northwestern University
7. Saw a real live herd of elk (no, I'm not kidding)
... and that was literally before dinner. Man, we rocked the tourist scene.
Did I also mention we got to play with a giant bubble maker ...
... and, ironically, in keeping with the theme of oversized fiberglass tourist objects, we just happened to eat dinner at a place that had this hilarious giant barbeque grill outside. If there had been a giant T.Rex with a chef's hat next to it, we may have had to stop the trip right there and come home. There would be no reason to keep driving.
Tonight, we are in Twin Lakes, WI, visting my Aunt Shirley and Uncle Dennis. They actually allowed us to bring down their property values exponentially by letting us park the RV in thier yard, and, in exchange, we have agreed to eat all thier food and maybe use their washing machine. My cousin Dennis is the one with all the boy twins (2 sets, ages 3 and 9) that you see in the pic below. I decided that it's just pure dumb coincidence that my Aunt Shirley and I are short, brown-haired, and brown-eyed, because clearly the rest of my family members are giant Scandinavians.
More to come as we hit the road to Niagara Falls on Tuesday!
3 comments:
Your day of touring in Chicaco
sounds awesome! The picture on
the pier (I'm assuming ) is great.
Love the giant grill too :)
Great times with family means you
will never forget this trip.
Sending you safe travels as you journey the FALLS!
Beck
By the way, I'm sure D.J. was very
eager to visit all the "Obama"
places in Chicago!! LOL
Glad you had fun in Chicago - we like it too! Notice we managed to avoid all the "Obama" signs by selective driving around. Every time we go to Weber Grill we'll think about your blog and laugh - it's such a part of the Schaumburg scenery that we don't even think about it! We forgot about Woodfield Mall, however, the "used to be" biggest mall in the US (Aunt Caryl is a cornerstone of that mall as one of their first employees, I want you to know). Also we forgot Legoland - one of the only ones in the US - Roxie needs to be older, I think. Maybe next time! Love, Caryl and Paul
Hooray Chicago! Should have told you to give a shout out to Cousin Trip and Canadian Jeff. Are you driving the beast through Canada to get to the Falls?
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