Chicago

Building with real tools at the DuPage Children's Museum


Adam, Ben and Uncle Rollie in Chicago

Lake Michigan

The Field Museum

Sue, the largest T. Rex skeleton in the world. It is the real thing except for the head which is in a separate exhibit upstairs.

Believe it or not, this is a Giant Ground Sloth.

The Water Taxi for Lake Michigan

View of the city from Lake Michigan

Travelling the Chicago River

View of the city from the river

View of the Sears Tower from the river. This is the tallest building in North America

We finally arrived in Naperville after 4000+ miles and 6 weeks of our Grand Adventure. Our first day we visited the DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville where the boys got to build using real tools (including a saw!) The adventure continued with a visit to Uncle Rollie in Chicago. As he has lived here close to 40 years, he was the perfect tour guide. We ended up taking public transportation because as we learned on our trip the journey is as much fun as the end point. We took a city bus, a train, a subway and our feet just to get to The Field Museum where there was an entire room of Dinosaurs. We got to go into a real Egyptian tomb and saw all sorts of mummies. We also visited the Pacific Islands in honor of Ben's love of all things Australian. There was a special Pirate exhibit, but we decided to save that for another day. We then took a water taxi on Lake Michigan to Navy Pier where we hopped on another water taxi for a trip on the Chicago River right through downtown. To top it all off, we took the Elevated Train and another bus to return to Uncle Rollie's. It was a great way to see the city which is going to take quite a bit of time to explore.