Chicago - Day 4

Tuesday 26 July

0800 - Wake-up! Packed up and checked out, but since our plane wasn't until 4:30 PM, we had time for more adventures. Went back to the Corner bakery, and for variety, I had a bacon, egg & cheddar panini. Mmmmmm.

0930 - Headed over to the Museum Campus once more, this time to the Field Museum. I was famous there!. Lot's to see & do. Interesting walk-through area on various African cultures. The ancient Egypt collection was amazing, but I know there are a lot of issues about whether any of the artifacts there belong there (vs. remaining in Cairo)

1200 - We headed over to Millenium Park. We walked around and around looking for the Cloud Gate Sculpture, and finally find it mostly under wraps. The Great Lawn was a spectactular sight, and they did have an orchestra and singer on stage, but I think they were rehearsing, as there were long periods of silence between songs.

1300 - Found a Downtown Dog to get a Vienna beef Chicago hotdog. What is up with the "relish" there - it's waaay bright - almost has a blue tinge to it. Anyway, it was quite tasty. Then it's back to the hotel to pick up our bags, and head on out to the airport.

Our flight was very late, arriving in DFW about an hour after it was supposed to, and about 15 minutes after our flight to Amarillo departed, but there was a later flight to Amarillo, and I got lots more of the Harry Potter book read. We finally made it home around 10:30 PM, and after getting attacked by happy dogs & cats got settled in and went to bed.

- Sue