Howdy Chicago!

We are currently resting a slightly busy (but not complete) day; which started with waking up at 5am. Such it is... when you need to get ready, drive 45 minutes (if you are lucky, which we were) to the airport, park, check bags in, get to and through security, get to the gate in time to sit and wait to board. :)

Benefit of this this morning was that we were able to upgrade our ticket to Business Class with a small donation to AirTran. While it is not a long flight from Atlanta - having a nicer seat does help (especially when you are upgrading from an award ticket).

We took a shuttle to the Hotel; which we were then informed that we had to wait for our room to be ready. No problem - we had lunch and then toured the Field Museum.


The Museum is HUGE ... and, while it can be done in a day... it would be a long day (especially when it closes at 5 every day) with plenty of breaks for your feet.

At the moment, we are waiting in our hotel room for friends to go to dinner in about 2 hours.










The picture on the right is our view. If you very carefully, you will see that we have a lake view. Obviously, we paid a premium for this room! :)

Tomorrow... the road awaits!

- I&J

PS - All My Ducks are Dead ! (TiVo peeps will get this one)