We had a great time in Chicago. Jacob and I were 1st timers both to Chicago and to the train. I'm going to post this in a few installments because there's just so much to share. Enjoy!
Our train left Kalamazoo Station at 10:23 AM. We arrived plenty early. And Jacob waited impatiently for our train.
"It's coming!"
On board and having a snack. Our car on the way out was pretty empty. There were a few people sleeping. We had a few stops (Niles, Michigan City, and New Buffalo, MI and then we were straight through to Chicago).
After checking into our hotel - The Hilton Chicago (we'll talk more about that later). We headed out to the Children's Museum at Navy Pier. This momma did her research and knew they had a special exhibit in connection with the Chicago Fire Department.
This was really cool - the hose nozzles had like little laser pointers and if you got the red light onto the fire, the fire went out.
And check out this truck!
They also had these interactive shadow screens. Can you see the rain falling off Jacob's umbrella? They had another with butterflies that would 'land' on your hand.
Here you could make your own flying machine out of foam and crank it up the tower to see if it could fly.
The Rainforest.
CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) Bus.
And best of all - the water! They had all these little boats to float and you could control the water flow or levels with dams and locks. They had a whole wall of little raincoats in all colors and sizes.
We took a little walk around Navy Pier and as if the train ride to Chicago wasn't enough...Jacob had to ride "Thomas" too.
Jacob was impressed with all of the taxis in Chicago. He made friends with our first driver from Union Station to the hotel, Bernard. After Bernard, he would talk to each driver, trying to make friends. "Taxi Man?", he'd say. They weren't overly friendly.
Awwwww that looked like so much fun for him!!! I bet he had a great time.Thank You for sharing very interesting!
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