DuSable Marina, Chicago, IL - 8/28/12

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Up early for our day of touring the town with Mike and Kathy.  We met at 9 a.m. and took a taxi to the Navy Pier where we caught our double decker tour bus for the 2 hour plus tour of the city.

Our Tour Guide

 Our guide was a mix of information and comedy.  As we went around town different food smells were noticed which seemed to drive her crazy and caused her to fantasize about food.

Following are just some of the 134 pictures we took.

Chicago River

Chicago River

This is one of the few buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire.

John Hancock Building

 The Hancock Building has its steel skeleton on the outside as opposed to all the other buildings we saw.

Window Washer

 Several of these guys were seen hanging around the city.  One thing we did notice was that most of the buildings did have clean windows.

Chicago River- Low Bridge

 We will be going down the river Thursday and have to get the boat down to under 17 feet in order to clear the one bridge that does not raise.

Condos with Parking Garage

China Town

Nice Pockets

Historic Area

Where's Oprah

We changed buses after the city tour and went through the Little Italy, Greek, Chinatown and historic areas.

Millennium Park

Millennium Park

Ricki and Bob

Our friend Bob who lives in town joined us for dinner on the boat.  We have known Bob and his late wife for many years having done the Windjammer cruise with them as well as many other boat related trips and parties. We talked and relived experiences late into the night which was very enjoyable.

Tomorrow we intend to spend another day exploring the sights and museums of the town then later getting the boat ready to leave Thursday morning.