Chicago

Game 1 Monday May 25

At the Lake

Clayton at the Lake

Outside Wrigley

As you all know we went to Chicago this week and it was so much fun. We flew out Sunday afternoon and flew back late Wednesday night. Monday was the first game so we got up that morning and got ready to go. We didn't really know what we were doing we got on the train and took it to the stop everyone and a book we had said to take it to. In the book I had it said that the field was only 1/2 a block away from our stop so we decided we would just walk there instead of take a bus the rest of the way well turned to be a 3-5 mile walk it was not fun at all. I was not a very happy camper lol I didn't have very comfortable shoes on to be walking that far so my feet and whole body just hurt. So finally about an hour or more of walking we ended up at Wrigley Field. Once we got there oh 7 hours before the game started ha we went and ate at a little diner and I had french toast it was sooo yummy and Clayt got a burger as usual. After we were done eating we walked around all the shops to see what good stuff they had for us to buy. After walking around them all we went back to a few and got us some Cubs gear for the game. Oh and it was raining and freezing so we needed more sweaters lol good excuse right!? When we were done shopping we walked down to the lake and hung out there for awhile but it was really cold there so we didn't stay too long. We headed back towards the field got a few more stuff and then went into the game. It was a cold game and the Cubs lost sucha bummer. Since this trip was for Claytons birthday I called and had them put happy birthday to him on the "jumbo" screen well it's not really jumbo at Wrigley I didn't get a picture of it tho because my camera was being stupid dangit I wasn't very happy. After the game we went back to our motel since it was so late and we had another long day a head of us. It was a fun a very long day.
Tuesday we had the train system figured out a little bit better so we hopped on it that morning and headed to downtown Chicago. We didn't really know where to get off at so we just got off on some random street and started walking we did a lot of walking this day too. We went to the Pier and out there for awhile it was a little bit more of a nicer day but still chilly. After walking around downtown for awhile we headed back to the fields for some more baseball. We didn't have tickets for Tues or Wed games so we just bought them from ppl. Mario was coming through Chicago that night so he ended up going with us to the game. Well in the 6th inning the game got rained out the Cubs were ahead so they won that game yay lol. It was another late game so we just went to our motel and went to bed.
Wednesday we got up kinda early and headed to the airport. We checked in our luggage and then took the train back down to Wrigley for the last game. It was a 1:30 and our flight didn't leave until 7:30 so it worked out good. It was a lot more warmer this day of course it had to be our last day there. We did a little more shopping this time mostly for our little one and boy was he expensive lol but the little Cubs stuff was just so dang cute. We went into the game about an hour before it started and just hung out. The game was really good it was the funnest one of the series. Yes the Cubs won again lol they broke their 8 game losing streak on Tuesday finally lol. Well the game got over just in time for us to have to head back to the airport. Once we got there we went through security found our gate and then decided to eat before we got on. Right when it was almost time for us to board they changed gates on us so we had to run clear to the other side of the airport we get there and our plane is late ugh. We finally get boarded and we didn't leave for another 30-40 min because the runways were so backed up. We were and hour behind so we didn't get home until midnight. It was a really fun trip and we can't wait to go back. Clayt says next time we're staying a week and we know the train and bus systems good for next time so we know what we're doing lol.