Chicago 2015 (Part 2)

If you missed Part 1 of these photos, you can click HERE to catch up.

Last time we went to Chicago we went to the Willis (Sears) Tower. We didn't want to do that many repeats this trip, so this time we went to the Hancock Tower.

It's cool to look down over the city and see places that you had recently walked by or visited.

Classic cityscape.

We also just kind of walked around the city that day, and we found a really cool candy store. Everything was way too expensive and we didn't buy anything, but it was cool nonetheless. :p

On one of our last few days we went to the Museum of Science and Industry with Becky, Ethan and Lucas. Ethan loved hanging out with Shaina. :)

It was a rather long trip to get to the museum, 2 trains, and a bus.

Lucas fell asleep before we even got there.

This museum was one of the coolest places we visited. They had an indoor tornado!

And a mirror maze

This place was so trippy and cool.

An endless maze of me.

They had a bunch of incubators with chicks and eggs at various stages.

They were so cute.

Lucas may be rather camera shy, (See last post) but Ethan isn't. :p

On our second to last day we went to the Field museum, which was cool as always.

Shaina has been fascinated with lichens ever since she watched Labyrinth, (which we had just recently watched) so we had to go see their new, temporary lichen exhibit.

The dinosaurs were my favorite part. :p

While we were there I had to find this exhibit. I watch the YouTube channel, The Brain Scoop, which is now based out of the Field Museum, and they recently had a fund drive to create a whole new exhibit for these hyenas. Apparently they have been in the reptile room for decades, and they have been wanting to make a better home for them for a long time. They did eventually reach their goal, and the new exhibit was recently completed. I will have to find that the next time I go.

On our very last day, Sasha was too exhausted to do anything, so Shaina and I went to Navy Pier by ourselves. The Ferris wheel was our favorite part. :)

We also rode the carousal.

We rode the Ferris wheel a few times.

This ride was so much fun.

We also road it more than once. :)

This was our view on our last night there. Chicago is such a cool place. :)

That's all the pictures I have from this trip! In two weeks my cousins and I will be in Minnesota, and I will do my very best to get those up as soon as possible after we get back. :)

Chicago: Day 4 - The City

The fourth day of our Illinois trip, we went to Chicago, and behaved like a bunch of tourists. Wandering around the city, snapping pictures, trying new drinks, we had a great time.

Shaina has a slight pigeon obsession.

The Pigeon Paparazzi.

Another pigeon.

Yeah, I took one too...

This guy was probably silently rolling his eyes at those tourists.

Shaina had discovered a drink online called bubble tea, and we decided to seek out a place where we could find some. What we had seen online had looked like it had tapioca pearls in it, but this had little fruity cubes. It was kind of like a cross between jello and gummy bears. It was a drink that you had to chew! It was really good!

We saw this sign, and found it so funny we had to get a picture.

No, we're not tourists. Why do you ask?

I felt dizzy, like I was going to fall over backwards looking up at this building.

Our first actual destination was Millennium park, to see the Cloud Gate sculpture. AKA, The Bean.

The Bean!

We had to get our picture taken by it.

And in it.

Do you see us?

The bean is mirrored steel, and looks really cool underneath.

Near the Bean we found an outdoor amphitheater where an orchestra was practicing.

We also found some weird statues.

Our next stop was the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower.

You can see for miles and miles when you're at the top of it. I found our destinations for the week.

The Field Museum

The Shedd Aquarium

The Adler Planetarium

I also found that Amphitheater.

Of course we had to go out in the boxes with the glass floors and stand over the city. The woman in front of us freaked out and would not step on the glass for anything!

We thought it was awesome. :)

Those boxes near the top were where we were standing.

Another tourist family asked Sasha to take their picture as we were leaving the Willis Tower. From the looks of their clothes, they came a LOT farther than we did!

And that was our day! I think that this day was my favorite day of the whole trip. I loved all the places we went throughout the week, but just wandering around, exploring the city with no deadlines, it was a lot of fun. I really want to go back. I love this city!