The Windy City

My mom suggested that we take a boat tour in Chicago but Tim and I were wary of paying $30 for a tour, it seemed rather risky. But we had arrived in the city and didn't really know what to do say I suggested we just go for it. And it was well worth it.

Chicago has a river running through it that leads to lake Michigan. Lake Michigan is huge, its basically an ocean. Our tour guide on the boat tour was very funny and definitely a good performer. He exaggerated his speech and made it fun for everyone. The boat floats through the river as Kevin, the tour guide describes things about the architecture. This building is post-modern or this building is art deco. Chicago has a large variety of styles. One end of the river is near a chocolate factory and we could smell delicious cocoa wafting on the wind.

Kevin told us about how the Chicago flood happened. Apparently there is an abandoned train system under the river that some careless bridge builders busted through to. The abandoned tunnels have access to many building's basements so water flooded everywhere. There was also a great fire that killed much of the population. But Chicago persevered and rebuilt. Our guide announced the Sears Tower, America's tallest building and the world's 5^th tallest. He was very theatric, reminded me of my dad.

He ended the tour by whipping out a harmonica and playing us some blues. The tour was definitely worth it, just make sure you get on Kevin's boat. After that we had some delicious Chicago pizza and some gelato. We happened to hit the city during a football game that Tim was listening to on the radio. We drove right by the stadium where Tim's man-crush, Brett Favre, was playing.