DAY 3: CHICAGO, MY KINDA TOWN! We woke to beautiful clear skies today for our last full outing in Chicago. It was perfect conditions for our first port of call, the Willis Tower, which for about 20 odd years after it was built in the seventies was the tallest building in the world. The observation deck here is 103 floors up. They say on a windy day you can literally feel the building sway under your feet. I must admit to having a couple of those moments, but wh...

DAY 2: SKYLINES AND SKYSCRAPERS Big day of sightseeing today. We started by making our way down North Michigan Ave, also referred to as 'The Magnificent Mile' (magnificent if you had a liking to shopping that is). We soon found ourselves at the John Hancock Centre and its 94th floor observation deck. Unfortunately the morning weather started to close in, but not before we got a few happy snaps that only such a vantage point could provide. Before we left thoug...

DAY 1: TOUCHDOWN IN THE WINDY CITY Joshua's USA Adventure Episode 3 is officially underway! It's been a long day (a couple of days if you allow for the wonders of international time travel), but here we all are at 10:30pm local time still wide awake. Although Josh got about 5hrs sleep, the Brisbane to LA leg proved tiresome. Thankfully Nic and I got a couple of hours shut eye on the connecting Chicago flight to try and recharge the batteries. Our check-in at o...