We took some time early Friday Morning to do some sightseeing in the area close to the hotel. Below we saw this guy making bubbles in the park and of course he was asking for tips also, so we took a few pictures and some video.
Below is the Buckingham Fountain, located in the park across from our hotel, just across the road from the Chicago Harbor area of Lake Michigan The center spray only happens for about 5 minutes every hour on the hour, and at night this is all lit up.
Below is just one of the many flower gardens, in the park area across form our hotel. Crystalie was inspecting some of the different plants, and getting ideas for back home and Wooden Nichols.
We were only about a 3 block walk from the southern shore of Lake Michigan and the Chicago harbor area, where there were large marina's and also a number of historic sites.
As you can see we enjoyed wonderful weather, clear blue sky's and temps in the low 80's in the afternoon. Below is a metal sculpture of a lily, made from old car and truck parts, it was part of an exhibit that was funded years ago.
You can see the wonderful skyline in Chicago, in most of these pics, and it was really cool to see the contrast of building styles and also the building colors which made an interesting picture.
We ended our sight seeing tour that morning around 11:30 am to see this little guy below, yes Miles Cooper arrived along with Mom and Dad of course...as you can see he was happy to see Grandpa!
