Chicago Day Three

Day Three Final Day in Chicago

Well, transportation skills are not our strong suit or the transportation system conspired against us for the first part of the day.  We had our complimentary hot breakfast then got on the trolley knowing it would take a long time to get to Millenium Park then transfer to the trolly to take us to the Museum of Science and Industry.  We rode the hour and a half to the park only to find out that the trolley wasn’t running to the museum today and the entire trolly system would stop at 4 today.  Ugh.  So at the park, we used the restroom and asked and were told the best way out to the museum was to walk three blocks and catch the cta bus--bus 10 or 6.  So we did, stopping at a fancy Walgreens for Icees and yogurt pretzels on the way.  Then about a 15 minute wait.  We got on bus 10 and rode about half an hour and the bus stopped.  The bus driver said we’d gotten on going the wrong way and she was supposed to take a 15 minute break!  So we waited on the bus then got on our way--about another half an hour.  By this time it was 1pm and we had left the hotel at 9!  We could have been halfway to Kansas City!

Putting the long trip behind us, we enjoyed the musuem.  We saw a tornado and an avalanche and lightening and how all those work, then went to the live You experience and saw body parts, made a giant heart beat with mine, saw human fetuses at various points of development, and a bionic man (video).  We saw some trains then went to the genetics display where we saw a baby chick hatchery and my skin up close.  We went into the net world but it was confusing.  I did get a light up necklace and made an avitar of myself.  We then made our way to the omnimax theater where we practically laid down to watch a show about storm watchers and tornadoes on a giant, curved screen.  We were in the front row so I think I would prefer a flat screen but it was a new experience.  After the theater,  the musuem was closing but we walked around the submarine before exiting.

We waited about 15 minutes in the hot sun and took a taxi to the Navy Pier.  We were extremely hungry so ate at Harry Carey’s Sports Bar.  We walked around the pier for awhile but it was mostly dinner yachts, restaurants, and tourist stores.  But alas!  We scored a water taxi for a reasonable price!

We rode the water taxi on the river a short way to our stop and made it back to the hotel in time for cocktails again!  Bahama Mama--yum!  We are now in the room showering off the grunge, packing, and resting up for our big train ride home tomorrow!  We had a great time in Chicago!