Blogs from Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America - page 11

Geo: 41.8861, -87.6364Dear friends and family,Just a quick entry from the United Club at O'Hare, enjoying our free snacky things awaiting a 6:15 pm (Central) flight to Paree. Ou est le loo? Yes, I'm ready. We drove to Chicago straight after church yesterday, and arrived at the Willer household just before 6pm. Roger and Carole have kindly allowed us to "park" our car with them for the 5 week duration of our trip, and are a wonderful Bed and Breakfast facility! Our visit with them was most pleasant, but we can't believe it's been that many years since they left NE Ohio! We visited them once after that but 23 years?! Love the fascinating variety of houses in their mature neighborhood. Thank you, Carole & Roger. We fly tonight on a Boeing 777, and for those ... read more

DAY 6 - Saturday, July 2, 2016 Eau Claire, Wisconsin to Chicago, IL to Fair Oaks, IN I had an early start (AGAIN) and drove us to Dunkin Donuts. Then on to Janesville, WI. Where we got some Wisconsin cheeses. This is a good time to share a funny phenomenon. Somehow I’ve been driving through the bulk of the states. Then we switch drivers, Jaedon and now Geoff. Then they manage to drive us across the state-line into the new state - wuuu-hoooo!!! Easy for them :) I was happy to give Geoff the helm today because we drove through Chicago. WOW! We were going to stop at the “Bean” at one of the parks but the Taste of Chicago was going on and traffic was crazy plus no parking for a rig our size. We ... read more

Jan and her friend, Jackie have been friends since their college days many years ago at SIU. They started a tradition of making an annual "road trip" back then. Their road trips evolved into trips all over America together. I guess this could be considered another of their road trips and for the first time, I get to go along. When I retired, I promised Jan that since she has always been so good about all of the snowmobiling I do in the winter and even goes with me on some of the trips, that I would take her somewhere warm and beautiful to get away from the Chicago winter. So I guess this is a combination trip. This morning, we are heading to O'Hare Airport to depart for Maui, Hawaii. We've all been there before ... read more

Geo: 41.8861, -87.6364Today was such a fun day! We woke-up extra early, showered, and we easily caught the 6:30am hotel airport shuttle. KC airport aka MCI is tiny. I was surprised. Security only had one slow-moving line. We were checked-in and had an hour so I got some Starbucks and they had some Starbucks Christmas ornaments that made my entire morning happy! Little glass cups that are Christmas ornaments. I. LUV. The barista at the counter was extra friendly, too.As I sat admiring my new purchase, it was time to board the plane. So, we got on the plane with lots of crying babies and families and we were all buckled-in when they announced that it was snowing in Chicago so all incoming flights were grounded. They announced the flight was not cancelled but delayed about ... read more

Literally Chicago is one of the best cities I've been to. I cannot say that's the best USA city I've been to but I really love Chicago a lot because it's comparable to New York City. I seriously don't like New York just because it's too crowded (though I did love the attractions) and it's just that I just don't think like it's so relaxed. It's almost like New York City you can go there all year long. However, in Chicago, you cannot beat the weather. Chicago is known as the "Windy City," which means that it's like the coldest cities in America. It's seriously like the opposite of hottest good city like Austin and San Antonio, Texas. Back into discussion about Chicago. Chicago is very famous almost like New York but beats the city in ... read more