We started off by making our way to the historic Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri! The Arch is 630 feet tall and we got to go to the top! Woot Woot! The elevator ride was 4 minutes up and 3 minutes down. The elevator was more like a futuristic space pod than an elevator. At the top we were able to see so far. The view was amazing and we felt really lucky to be in such a great place! We weren't lucky, however, because the humidity in St. Louis was horrible!
We left St. Louis we drove for about 5 hours through the most green country side you can imagine! It really was beautiful!
Of course we managed to hit Chicago at 5 o'clock rush hour, but the traffic wasn't really that bad. The traffic wasn't that bad, until we got to downtown! Our faces light up and we freaked out when we saw the HUGE buildings and the massiveness of the city!
We call the GPS system Pat. Pat is our friend! our BEST FRIEND!
We had to make the same block three times to get to our hotel. We would try to turn, but literally 50 people would be trying to cross the street at the same time. Horns were blaring, people were yelling, and we were laughing our heads off, because we couldn't be happier!
Our Hotel is literally right next to an elevated train track and we had to drive underneath the train to park. We are thankful that we learned how to parallel park! We made a friend with the valet man and he helped us get checked into our amazing hotel! We're staying at the Silversmith in which is in the Diamond district of Chicago! Our room is huge!
The jeep underneath the train tracks!
After we were situated in the room we ventured out into downtown Chicago and came across the famous "bean" sculpture!
We had an awesome dinner at the Noodles and Company on the beautiful Michigan Ave. We ordered some Pad Thai noodles and Japanese Rice Noodles! They were fantastic!
At 7o'clock we got on a boat and took a great boat tour of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. We saw some awesome buildings and landmarks, including the building where Abraham Lincoln got nominated to run for president and the park where President Obama found out he had won the 2008 election! We also found out that Chicago isn't called "the Windy City," because it is always windy, but because a group of politicians were considered to be windy when they lobbied in Washington D.C. to have the World Fair in Chicago! They won their battle and had the World Fair in Chicago 19 years after the town burned down in 1871!
Out on the lake we got to see a beautiful sunset and all of the buildings in the distance. We decided that there is a God, because man couldn't make something as beautiful as what we saw.
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-Tanner and Brooke
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