This morning we got our breakfasts in bags – burritos, muffins
& fruit. Then, around 9:30 we
started walking. Our first stop was Navy
Pier and we were almost literally, the only people there. It was amazing – very surreal.
After all,
it’s St Paddy’s Day in Chicago! We walked over and saw “The Bean”, which is
actually called Cloud Gate. That’s where
we ran into the most people, maybe 10-15?
The Bean is in Millennium Park and there’s also a very cool amphitheater
there.
From there we walked over to the red line and road up to
Wrigley stadium, where there was also no one.
I was very proud of Grant who gave $10 of his $50 of spending money to a
homeless person. We went into a merchandise store and the kids each bought
something small and I got a hat and magnet.
We then walked to Wrigleysville Dogs and had to wait outside until the
four people inside had gotten their food.
We were allowed to order food but then had to leave. We got gyros, hamburgers and hot dogs and we
sat outside of Wrigley Stadium and ate.
We rode the red line back to our hotel and hung out in the
room for a while. Then around 5 pm, Nick
and I went for a walk around town then stopped at a Jewel Osco to buy more junk
food for the kids. There were signs all
over the place saying 1 only please – like meat, frozen pizzas, cereal,
oatmeal. And there were employees
yelling – we have more toilet paper, we have more toilet paper. This is just so surreal.
Nick and I grabbed $50 of junk food then walked back to the
hotel and got another glass of wine and came back up to the room where we ate
the other half of our pizza and salad.
Now we’re just sitting in the room watching the news but at
least today, my Fit Bit says we walked 17,935 steps.
We’ve changed up the trip some more and I think we’re going
to drive to Milwaukee tomorrow.
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