We've been non stop, go go go for a couple of weeks now so we took it easy this morning. About 11.30 we headed off for the train a couple of blocks away. Turned out their blocks are pretty small so it was a very short walk. Along the way we came across a cutie squirrel who seemingly posed for me low down on the trunk of a tree. We didn't wait long for a train and we were on our way into Chicago city. We headed first for a tourist info centre but it wasn't u...

Last night ended up a bit later than planned. Tal skyped Kevin and we chatted and had a few laughs for well over an hour. We all got to bed about three am. Due to the late finish it was a slower start to today than planned. Tal had to go get his mother who'd been staying with his uncle while we were there and we went along for the ride. He's not too far away, about half an hour but it's very different there. He's on a horse ageistment property, lots of green fie...

Another cruisy late start to today for the other two but I woke early and caught the tail end of the Sunrise over the lake. The Kiwis played Argentina today in the World Cup. I watched it on the iPad, it was a bit shaky for a time there but we won in the end :-) a good start to the tournament. Once it was over we went to Tal's local LFS which was pretty good and then onto the Renaissance Fair. The traffic queuing to get into the parking lots was insane but we g...

We all slept late and I cooked breakfast for the three of us. There's been a little light rain, temps around 18C and lots of dark clouds. Josh came over about 1.30 and we set off for a pet store Tal thought we'd enjoy. It was a little over an hours drive away In Lansing. It's a huge store with a good sizes marine section as well as fresh water, reptiles, birds, fluffy pets etc The marine area was pretty good, lots of corals. Tal arranged for the owner to give ...

We got up about 8am and went downstairs. Sanjay got us some bagels and cream cheese and under instruction from Elena made us some coffee. Elena left for her meeting and the rest of us left shortly after, Sanjay to get to his meeting and us to explore the area a little before hitting the road. We checked out most of the places they showed us last night so we could get some pics in daylight. It's still huge by day lol Much of the park areas have been set up as car...