Evan goes to Chicago

A few weeks ago, Evan asked me if I could take him on an airplane.  I happened to have a buy one, get one free ticket on Delta Airlines.  I used some Hilton points so we could stay downtown and the next thing we know, we ended up in Chicago.

I parked at Terminal 2 even though our flight left from Terminal 1 so that Evan could ride the light rail.

Evan got through security just fine.  It's a good thing his dad has done it a time or two!

There's our airplane.

Evan kept asking me how you get on the plane.  He's never really seen a cabin door open on an airplane.

Found our seats.

We took the "L" from O'Hare to our hotel downtown.  Evan likes the train.

Here's Evan in front of our hotel.  Just as I got him to pose for this picture, he saw a double decker bus.

Nice hotel room dad!  It even overlooks the train station.  Every time a train came by, Evan would have to run over to the window and watch it.

Buckingham Fountain near Lake Michigan.

Even though it was only 50 degrees, we had to get some ice cream near Lake Michigan.

Time to go up the John Hancock Tower.

A great view of Lake Michigan and Navy Pier from the top of the John Hancock Tower.

You can see the Sears Tower (now called Willis Tower) in the background.

For dinner, we went to Gino's East for some deep dish pizza.

Gino's East lets you write all over the walls.  Evan was having fun with a crayon.



Mmmm..  Now, that's a good pizza.



When we got back to the hotel, there was a Professional Table Tennis Tournament in the lobby that was broadcast on national television.

After breakfast on Saturday morning, I got this picture of Evan overlooking the hotel lobby.  You can see the fresco ceiling.

The next morning, my aunt Steph and uncle Scott (who live in Chicago) picked us up and took us to Navy Pier. 

Evan enjoyed the view from the top of the ferris wheel.

Dad.  I'm tired of walking.  Can I have shoulders?

Thank you for taking us to Navy Pier Steph and Scott!

After Navy Pier, Steph and Scott drove us back to O'Hare.  We got there a little early.  Luckily, we were able to get on an earlier flight so we didn't have to wait.