My only real disappointment with the place is no Wifi, and they won't have it fixed for a month or more. However, we have 4 bars on our smart phone service, so it is possible to get on, but not for a long time as it uses up our data plan. I write this blog off line with a word processing app for iPad. I had made reservations for the Chicago Architectural Foundation's River tour on the Chicago River via the vessel The First Lady for an 11:00 AM tour for today. According to the map app I have the directions from the campground to the parking garage near the boat dock on Upper Wacker Drive is 54 miles and should take 68 minutes. So we left two hours ahead of time, however, we ran into line work with lane closures. And as the minutes ticked by, I was sure we were not going to make it to the boat in time. As far as that was concerned we weren't the last couple but the second to last to board the boat. It was a beautiful boat with a sun deck for viewing the buildings from, however it was hot on the observation deck. I could have gone down into the salon which was air conditioned but the view was incredible from the deck. I did go to the head (marine vocabulary for bathroom) and to the salon and bought ice cold water for George and I. I was thankful for the many bridges as they blocked out the sun for a minute or two as we passed underneathe. On the news in the Chicago area there has been all this hubbub about Trump placing his name on the side of his building facing the river. Frankly, I don't know why there is such an uproar about it. After taking the cruise tour, I noticed that there are several other buildings with names on them as well. I could see it if his building was the only one, but its not. After the tour we had the task of getting back up 4 flights of stairs to street level. Going down was the easy part, going up, not so much. After getting up, we went to Houlihans for lunch and to use their facilities. We both selected a flat bread for lunch which came with a salad. The salad was huge but delicious. George ordered a multi mushroom one and I selected a Magarita version. Afterward, we tried to decide if we should walk down to the Willis Tower or not? I ended up making the executive decision to go back to the motorhome as even though it was 2:30 PM, we had at least an hour ride home, plus Abby probably had to go out. So after leaving the restaurant we walked through a concourse type of walk way with shops and such. Since we had walked through this very space the opposite way coming, and were in a big rush, I had no idea where to go? George remembered bits and pieces of the way, so he actually was the one who steered us back to the entrance to the parking garage. For the first 10 minutes the GPS whom I refer to as Ms. DX had no idea where we were? I think the buildings mess up the functionality. On the way back, we stopped and got the SUV washed. Even on a nice day, it gets grime on it from being towed. Then we had to stop at a UPS store to get some papers notarized and then shipped. When we arrived back at the motorhome, Abby was extremely happy to see us! I took her for a walk and when I returned George was hunting for some decent TV. The few stations we get here are shows from our childhood. I remembered we had our DVD movies with us. So we watched Bandits with Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thorton, and now we are watching Hunt For Red October with Sean Connery and one of the Baldwin brothers. We missed having Laurie and Bob tour with us, but unlike myself who can work from the road creating my graphic designs, they own a compressed gas business and must get back to business.
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