My Kind Of Town, Chicago Is...unseasonably cold.

Day 44 Rock Island IL to Joliet IL

140 Miles


Happy Birthday, Jon!

Back later, just wanted to greet my youngest...relatively speaking, he's

37.



Sorry it took so long to get back to this, last night no WIFI.



Finally had some warm weather Saturday traveling from Omaha. During the night a cold front came through and temps were in the 40's when we got up. Throw in a breeze and it was darn chilly.



We drove to as near as we were going to get to Chicago, about 48 south west, in near Joliet. We stayed at the RV section of the Empress Casino. Quite nice, and CHEAP, less than $14/night. And of course, they don't want you messing around on the internet, they want you to gamble...so no WIFI.



We had lunch and headed downtown. Heavy traffic for a Sunday afternoon, but it is a MAJOR city so I guess it's normal. Can't imagine what the rush hours are like! We parked a couple of blocks from the Navy Pier, (paid $32 parking fee) and took the first architectural boat tour we could. I knew Jim would like it, and he did. However, we were chilled to the bone when it was done, temps around 50 degrees and windy. Spent some time in the Navy Pier and had some pizza before we left to head back to Joliet. Only took ONE picture! My eyes are closed and I'm caught red-handed with my caramel corn...



I had hoped to go back the next day to do some more Chicago touristy things, but between the cold, parking and traffic, we both decided that heading south to a less hurried and warmer place was preferable at this stage of the game.



Heading south on I57 tomorrow...