We went to Chicago on Saturday, to celebrate our 8th anniversary (July 20). What a wonderful day! We parked ($16 for the day thanks to Spot Hero) and walked to the Shedd Aquarium. We purchased the "Total Experience" tickets. We spend about 4-5 hours there looking at fish, saw a dolphin/whale show, touched sting rays, saw sharks and even saw penguins waddle by up close! It was so fun to spend time with Blakely and see her enjoy all the animals. My favorite was the show we went to. It was all about the animals they'd rescued, the earth and how we all live together and in the same ecosystem. We saw dolphins jump and do tricks, beluga whales splash and play, a dog rescued from being a fighter dog, and two cute little penguins waddle by. We were on the front so it was the best seats!
About 2:00 or so we started walking over to Millenium Park. That's where the famous Cloud Gate or " Reflective Bean" is in Chicago. As we walked over there Blakely had fell asleep, so Brock and I had some nice time to chat as we walked along Lakeshore Drive. It was so peaceful and enjoyable to walk with the "ocean" right by us, the sound of water and boats, beautiful 71 degree weather and a historic, big city all around us. And this is where the grapes come in... we ate them and they were so yummy.
Here's the 7.0 mile route we walked on Saturday. (Not including the walking we did at the aquarium.)
After we got to the park we sat down for about 45 minutes. Our feet were pretty tired and it felt so good to sit in the shade and just enjoy and relax. Brock started running around on the grass with Blakely and things were just so fun and easygoing.
After that we walked over to Navy Pier where we met up with Uncle Max (Brock's brother) and Matt (Sickler... not sure how to spell his last name). It only took a little big before Blakely warmed up to Max and was all smiles. We walked the pier, saw some GORGEOUS sights of the city and the blue water.
We then walked over to Millenium Park again to see the bean, then went to dinner at Devil Dogs. After dinner we went to Grant Park where we watched the fireworks go off at Navy Pier.
It was a long, fun and wonderful day.
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