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I Love to Travel...

By Melissa Markham on July 2, 2008 4:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

...and that is what has helped to make hanging out in Illinois so much fun for me. I am hoping some of Daniel's and my love for travel will rub off on them.

Tomorrow we will be leaving for Chicago, apparently along with 2,999,996 other people...oh well, at least there will be plenty of opportunities for 'socialization'!

While there, we will be staying at the Sofitel Water Tower. Daniel found this place through Expedia.com and chose it for location and rating. It looks very posh (I am always worried I will stand out in some way as not posh enough when Daniel picks places like this). We are hoping for a high up room with a great view of the fireworks (which if I have figured right, there will be fireworks Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday night! The kids will be in heaven!

On Friday, the kids and I plan to spend the day at Shedd's Aquarium. Not sure if Daniel will join us as it isn't his thing, but we are very excited about going. And my favorite reptile will be there too! We purchased the Go Chicago Card and we will be using it to go to Shedd's Aquarium.

On Saturday, we will use our Go Chicago Card to take either the North Side Tour or the Gray Line South Shore Tour. We will try to take the other tour on Sunday morning.

Saturday afternoon I want us to visit the Navy Pier which seems to be Chicago's Fisherman's Wharf. There are rides that we can ride courtesy of our Go Card... that Go Card is a great deal! We used it when we visited San Francisco years ago. And I am not getting paid for this, just wanting to share a way for you to save money when visiting big cities. Anyway, we can ride the Ferris Wheel, the Carousel, and the Wave Swinger Ride. We can also play Adventure Golf and maybe ride The Lighthouse. The downside is that our tickets make it so we have to go there before 5:30 pm...oh well, it will still be fun.

I am trying to talk Daniel into a Fireworks cruise on Saturday night...

Sunday afternoon, we are going on the Spirit of Chicago Sunday Brunch Cruise. When we get back, we are going to use our Go Card and visit The Sears Tower Sky Deck

We will also use our Go Card to visit the Museum of Science and Technology, probably on Monday.

Monday evening, we head back to Bloomington.

I am not sure, but I think we are going to need to take a nap after our busy time in Chicago.

I haven't decided if I will take my computer with me or not...but either over the weekend or next week, I will share pictures of our visit. And maybe some video too!

I hope all of you have a wonderful Fourth of July weekend!