Architectual Tour

Finally, we met up with my mom and brother and took an architectural boat tour on the Chicago River.  I've wanted to take one of these tours for years and highly recommend it for those playing the tourist role!

Captain Nora!

 Matt swears he enjoyed it!

It got a little chilly... We dealt with it accordingly.

After the tour we headed over to Trib Tower for a little look around.  The really cool thing about Trib Tower is that there are stones and rocks from all sorts of famous/historical places around the country/world.  There was a stone from the battle of Vicksburg in The Park -- obviously I had to stop for the photo op.

Lincoln Park Zoo

We took a little trip up to Lincoln Park for the zoo (free :) ), a genuine chicago cow, a veggie-free chicago dog for David (does that really qualify as a chicago dog?), and fun times.  I also learned that the 151 bus goes from union station to michigan ave to lincoln park on an 8 minute cycle.  good to know for future use.

Grant Park

Friday morning  we headed out to Grant park to pick up a few geocaches.  It was a little foggy, which made for some great views and pictures.... and there was plenty of art to poke around in!

 I loved the Metra sign that reminded me of the Parisian Metro signs :)

I decided to stop and smell the roses (and other flowers) for a while.

Right around here I was hitting 100 caches.  Up to 122 as of now.

Drinks and Views

We ended our night with a trip up the magnificent mile to the Hancock Building.  We took the trip up to the Signature Room for a drink and some views.  It was still light when we arrived and the sun had set by the time we left, which was awesome to get the day and night views of the city.  I had never been up the Hancock (Or Willis/Sears) before, so this was an excellent suggestion (Thanks Laura!!).  Plus, we figured out that we spent more time and less money going to the bar than to the observation deck :)  Just a hint for the savvy travelers planning this trip in the future!