Day 9: Hammond, IN

We've taken a rest day here so that I can take Rosie into Chicago and show her something of this amazing city. We Ubered across to the South Shore Railroad station and took the train into the city... the terminus being Millennium Station (originally called Randolph St Terminal, and before that Great Central Station for the Illinois Central Railroad). It was only three city blocks to the river and the river cruise docks. Although the city was absolutely buzzing with people (it was Chicago Marathon weekend... just our luck!) we managed to score three tickets on the Shoreline Cruises for an 'Architectural River Cruise".

We had to wait for 2 hrs, so walked around Navy Pier to fill in the time. Preston was not thrilled when we noticed 7 or 8 blooper boats tied up in the adjacent marina. Following that, we embarked on our river trip with an excellent commentator... part-tour guide, part-actor (he actually WAS an actor). After that, the evening was closing in on us and the wind was chilly, so we followed Preston to a city pizza parlour and purchased several Chicago 'pizza pies'... a unique Chicago delicacy whereby the pizza is about three times as thick (deep) as a normal pizza.

We then summoned an Uber, and went back to the marina at Hammond--a $60 trip, and worth every expedited cent--where we heated and ate several 'slices' of pizza pie for dinner and placed the rest in the freezer. Yum-to-come.

Off to bed...perchance to dream. A 7:00 am start tomorrow, as we attempt to beat the bloopers into the river.もっと詳しく