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Day 3 - La Porte to Chicago - 150 miles
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Good morning everyone! I is Monday morning around 8 - CST. The kids are still sleeping after our big night in Chicago. Yesterday was a great day. We got going and left the Holiday Inn Express in La Porte, IN
around 10 or so. The views right outside our hotel were pretty nice as you can see.
We backed tracked a bit as we were so close to the University of Notre Dame.
It had been getting dark on Saturday night as we went thru so we decided to go drive thru. With all the national attention for football the school gets I forgot that the school isn't actually that big. It is a nice campus,
but I had built it
up to be a lot more in my head. I made sure to see the Business school
that boasts such a proud accounting program and we drove by the
football stadium
and of course Touchdown Jesus.
There were lacrosse camps going on so we couldn't get too close to the basillica
but we did get a nice view from the road.
From there we headed back west towards Chicago. The gas prices rose quite a bit closer to Chicago. As you can see our day 3 price was $4.19.
Getting close to CT prices. Chicago is about 1.5 hours from South Bend. We arrived pretty timely, as the skyline appeared
and we entered the Chicago Skyway.
Then we hit
our first significant traffic of
the trip
with weekend construction.
We arrived at Superdawg around 2:30.
It is a famous hot dog
drive in that is always featured on TV. I
t was really fun with the Superdawgs "Morrie and Florrie" looking down from atop the building. They have car hops that come and deliver to you.
The dogs were excellent, with all the traditional Chicago toppings, onions, neon green relish, green tomato,
hot peppers and of course mustard.
If you want ketchup you have put it on yourself. They won't do it. The fries were excellent too.
From there we headed to check into our hotel the Days Inn Lincoln Park - the area is beautiful with walkups and shops. The hotel was rated the best in the chain in 2004. It dosent look much from outside but the inside is beautiful. We all rested for a while and then took a cab to Wrigley.
We waited in line for about 45 minutes
with the rest of the general admision bleacher bums. I am so glad we got bleacher tickets.
It was quite an experience.
The Wrigley rooftops were right there as we waited. These amazing builldings right behind the stadium feature bleacher seats that the
owners rent out for games. They are so close to the field that I imagine you seem right in the game.
We got in and sat pretty much straight away
center field under the scoreboard.
Once you were in your seats it was hard to move.
With the White Sox playing,
there was lots of intercity rivalries and some very interesting teeshirts and signs.
It reminded me a little of the Yanks/Red Sox games.
It rained for a while before the game started but it blew over pretty quickly and the game started on time.
The Cubs won handily.
Fukodome is by far the fan favorite. Everyone had on his jersey and various references to his culture (samari headbands, rice hats and very interesting tee shirts with different references to his name and the Sox fans).
One White Sox fan, a rowdy girl in the bleachers, was entertaining the Cubs fans
with many had gestures and fake flashings. She eventually got tossed as she flipped off the security guard.
Fun times!! The kids loved it. Wrigely is beautiful and I am not sure any other park will be able to top it. We finished the night with some Chicago pizza. Today we are going to see some sites around Chicago before we head to Kalamazoo for the night on the road again!
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