Chicago

 Since we drove to Waterloo, IA for Christmas we decided to make a quick stop on the way home.  We were driving close to Chicago and none of us had ever been there before so we decided to go for a quick visit.

 On the way there we got rear ended on the interstate, so that was not the best welcoming we could have had to the city but it got better.  We found our hotel which was in walking distance to all that we wanted to do.

 We found a little grocery store where we got breakfast and snacks for the day.  Then we walked through the parks to go to the field museum.  We saw so many things there but the most amazing was the dinosaurs.  We spent 5 hours at the museum just walking around and looking at things.

 The kids loved looking at the dinosaur skeletons.

 We got to see an IMAX 3D movie about mummies.

 Here we are waiting in line to see.....

 SUE!  Sue is the largest and most complete dinosaur ever found.

 She was such a big deal you had to get tickets even get into the room to see her.

 After the Field Museum we headed out to Lou Malnati's for some Chicago style deep dish pizza.  We were cold, wet, and hungry.  It was warm, dry, and the pizza was wonderful!

I did not get to see Cloud Gate.  But what we did do made for a great trip.  I hope to go back another time.