So Tuesday night it was all nice and breezy as we went to sleep around 11pm, very calming... I had trouble falling asleep with lots on my mind so around 2am I noticed big flashes of light. I checked the weather from that same phone number that got Holly and I back to Uncle Wendell's when we got lost (1-800-555-TELL, its free). Anyway, long story short, HUGE thunderstorm hits us around 3am. Thank goodness I fixed the fly on the tent so that no holes showed but it ended up not being all that waterproof anyway. About 5 minutes into the pouring rain, that was louder than ever since it hit our tent, I started getting dripped on, all over the place. The tent was under a tree, except the end where I was, so the girls stayed pretty dry. I got my beach towel to soak up the water. In the morning, after falling asleep around 4am, I wake up with my towel soaked, the underneath of Holly and my sleeping bags all wet, and the corner of Holly's pillow soaked. Monica, in the middle, managed to stay dry but woke up with a cold. Go figure.
We had a relaxing Wednesday with nothing planned except to drive to Wisconsin. We drove, stopped at Walmart, ate at Texas Roadhouse (our favorite), and then watched part of a movie until our laptop battery died. Lazy but enjoyable day.
Thursday's the day we went to Chicago! Yes, it is the windy city! We had a pass that could let you into most museums and other things that are very neat. Only we got there around 2, had trouble finding parking, and had lunch at Millenium Park which didn't give us much time since the museums closed around 5:30. Millenium Park was really neat with this Cloud Gate statue made of some shiny material that is seamless and I just kept calling it the bean thing.
Holly also got run over by this guy that walked on a barrel. 
We went to the Adler Planetarium and watched an IMAX about blackholes and we went to the Field Museum and saw the largest and most intact T-Rex in the world. They named her sue. 
There was an exibit on the America's or something where it had old Peruvian culture stuff (Inca) so I went in there while the girls checked out Sue's skull. If you know me and museums, I was in and out of the exhibit within just a few minutes and if you know Holly and Monica, you know they were in there for a lot longer than that. We got separated and no reception. It took a while but we found each other again.
It was about 6 when we were ready to go and had to walk really far, next to Lake Michigan mind you, and we ate at Lou Minalti's Pizzaria. That place is known for their Chicago style deep dish pizza. We got sausage and it was pretty good, but too much sausage we agreed. Long walk back to the car but we ended up passing a street that was blocked to film for the movie "Wanted" with Angelina Jolie and the guy from Bruce Almighty that acted as God. Sorry, I'm not good at famous people. That was the end of our wonderful stay in the Windy City. We camped for our LAST TIME!!!! It's not bad camping but it is bad when you get to your campsite in the dark and all you want to do is sleep but you have to set up your tent first.
We had a relaxing Wednesday with nothing planned except to drive to Wisconsin. We drove, stopped at Walmart, ate at Texas Roadhouse (our favorite), and then watched part of a movie until our laptop battery died. Lazy but enjoyable day.
Thursday's the day we went to Chicago! Yes, it is the windy city! We had a pass that could let you into most museums and other things that are very neat. Only we got there around 2, had trouble finding parking, and had lunch at Millenium Park which didn't give us much time since the museums closed around 5:30. Millenium Park was really neat with this Cloud Gate statue made of some shiny material that is seamless and I just kept calling it the bean thing.
Holly also got run over by this guy that walked on a barrel. We went to the Adler Planetarium and watched an IMAX about blackholes and we went to the Field Museum and saw the largest and most intact T-Rex in the world. They named her sue. There was an exibit on the America's or something where it had old Peruvian culture stuff (Inca) so I went in there while the girls checked out Sue's skull. If you know me and museums, I was in and out of the exhibit within just a few minutes and if you know Holly and Monica, you know they were in there for a lot longer than that. We got separated and no reception. It took a while but we found each other again.It was about 6 when we were ready to go and had to walk really far, next to Lake Michigan mind you, and we ate at Lou Minalti's Pizzaria. That place is known for their Chicago style deep dish pizza. We got sausage and it was pretty good, but too much sausage we agreed. Long walk back to the car but we ended up passing a street that was blocked to film for the movie "Wanted" with Angelina Jolie and the guy from Bruce Almighty that acted as God. Sorry, I'm not good at famous people. That was the end of our wonderful stay in the Windy City. We camped for our LAST TIME!!!! It's not bad camping but it is bad when you get to your campsite in the dark and all you want to do is sleep but you have to set up your tent first.
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