Hey....Look What We Found

Tuesday and we're on our way to an overnight stop in Indiana....but first we decide to take a trip to Chicago for a late lunch. Chicago had been on our original itinerary but when we added a day to go to Jackson Hole the hotel in Chicago wasn't able to accommodate us a day later.
 

On our way we realized that we could pick up a small piece of Route 66 from Joliet to Chicago so...."let's do it". There really wasn't much left of the old road but we did find a few places still cashing in on the Route 66 nostalgia.
 

We had never seen Lake Michigan before and were amazed at the size. It seemed a little strange to us to see people in bathing suits sitting on the "beach" in the shadow of all the skyscrapers. Navy Pier was very cool.....the kind of place you could go to with friends for a nice dinner or just stop and get drinks and people watch. There were several different types of boat cruises available but we opted for lunch at Margaritaville (we didn't even know it was there until we got there) and then a ride on the giant ferris wheel. It was a little disappointing in that it only takes you around once. But the view was amazing. We met a guy wearing a Phillies hat who was surprised that we didn't know that the Phillies were in Chicago. He was there to see the game. The traffic getting out of Chicago was typical of most large cities. After a few frustrating moments we were on our way and said "goodbye" to another city.


We crossed the Mississippi River today and re-entered the eastern time zone. We drove 370.6 miles today and saw 0 Corvettes.