Chicago skyline

This is my favorite picture.    I just fell in love with this city.

Millennium Park

 Water Tower in downtown Chicago

 Navy Pier

 Buckingham Fountain

 Cubs versus Dodgers at Wrigley Stadium

Chicago Part II

 This is the marina right next to where we parked to go to the Field Museum

 Meet Sue, the world's most complete T-Rex skeleton.  Her head alone weighs like 600 pounds

 We ate lunch at a cafe next to Sue on the main floor

 I loved the Central American/Mayan section of the museum

 These pictures are a little out of order, but this is the Willis tower.  We went to the very top, and even walked out onto the section that is about 8-10 feet of glass-- on the walls, floor and ceiling.  I am afraid of heights, but I did it!  The view, as you can imagine, was amazing!

 Emily and Brimley

 Emily got this picture by standing in the other window

 Brim not knowing exactly what's going on

 Wow!  What a view

 This picture above is the view looking out from the second floor inside of the Field Museum

 Welcome to downtown Chicago.

CHICAGO Part I

Last week I had a week off for Spring Break, and I went to Chicago to see my best friend Emily.  I absolutely LOVE Chicago. The city is so beautiful, and clean, people are friendly, there is so much to do, and the food and shopping is amazing.  I was in awe at the beauty of the Chicago skyline, particularly at night.  We went to a beautiful greenhouse called the Garfield Conservatory, the Science and History Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum, the top of the Willis Tower (which is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at 103 stories tall!), Milennium Park, the Art Institute, the Navy Pier, saw the Cubs play the Dodgers at Wrigley Stadium, and shopping on the Magnificent Mile.  It was amazing trip, and I loved spending so much time with a dear friend.  We ate the best ribs of my life at a place called Mickeys, and real Chicago deep-dish pizza at Lu Malnati's, and I had to have my hot dog at the baseball game.  Here are some pictures of my trip:  It was sunny and warm for three days of our trip, so I got to see the city in the sun, in the fog and pouring rain.  It was fun.

 Garfield Conservatory.  Absolutely beautiful, and amazing to me that this is in the middle of a big city.

 The view of downtown Chicago on our drive to church

 We ate at this charming cafe one afternoon

 This is the Science and History Museum

 This is a German submarine that was caught by the US off of the coast of Africa in WW II.  They built the museum around this ship. 

 Trains

 This was cool.  You could stand in ftont of this projection on the wall, and the butterflies would land on your shadow.

 This is th World's largest, and most expensive doll house.  It contains the world's smallest printed bible.  It's mini.  The furnishings were immaculate.

 A tornado that you could control

 The next day we went to the Shedd Museum , which overlooks Lake Michigan.  It was extrememly windy, and cold and rainy.

 Em and I outside the Aquarium.  You can see the Willis Tower in the distance

 This is a turtle.  It looks like a dinosaur to me

 I loved that this pool was built to blend into the Lake

 Aparrantly the Chicago metro was built both underground and above ground, 

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