We left Owensboro, KY and drove to Chicago. We were staying at a hotel inside the loop. It was in a great location, but to get there, I had to drive on the freeways in Chicago. I am not used to driving on freeways so it was pretty hairy. The hotel had valet parking, so we pulled up to it and Jay went and got the valet. We unloaded our car and said goodbye to our car. We arrived in the middle of the afternoon. After checking in , we walked to Millennium Park to see Cloud Gate, also known as the Bean. We walked around some more and then went back and ate dinner at the restaurant across the street from our hotel. We ate outside since it was a nice day.
On Thursday, we took the Architectural River tour. Our guide was great and had a lot of information about all the buildings along side the river. The tour was about 2 hours long. After the tour, we watched as they dropped 70,000 yellow rubber ducks into the Chicago River. This was a fundraising event for the Special Olympics. People bought the ducks, and after the drops, one duck was picked and whoever sponsored that duck won a new car. Afterwards, they had people in boats scooping up all of the ducks,
For our first trip to Chicago, we enjoyed the city, but I wished we had more time. I guess we will just have to come back to Chicago.
