Chicago day 2

Good Evening! Jon and I came back from a long day in Chicago. I will elaborate on what we did tomorrow as tomorrow will be a driving day and I’m tired. As a summary, we first went to the Science and Industry Museum which was fantastic. Then we were going to go on top of the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower. However, due to weather conditions, it was closed. The weather when we went there was warm but not too hot. It wasn’t raining nor was there lightning but it wasn’t open. Afterwards, we walked along the Magnificent Mile which contained lots of high end stores. It was our Robson Street. As we were walking along there, we saw a group of street performers and decided to watch. They were a comedy/hip hop group. I was pulled from the audience to stand in a row with 5 other people while a member jumps over us. I was SCARED but I survived! Again, I will write more about today tomorrow. Thanks for your patience my lovely followers.

Edit: Yesterday, we went to the Science and Industry Museum. It was a large 3 level museum with several interactive displays. There was a display about science storms, the development of babies in the womb, planetary landscapes, science inventors/innovators, and Jon’s favourite, U 505 submarine. There were many more. The best part is that you can play and create what you’re learning. There was an area where you can create lightning, control a vortex/tornado, and much more.

The U 505 submarine is a submarine originally belonging to the Nazis and was captured during WW11. The exhibit explained how it was captured and the dangers of capturing an enemy ship. There was a submarine game that Jon and I played but lost. We had to control the submarine by lowering it in the water or raising it, depending on what the game wanted us to do. I think I contributed to our lost. Jon agrees.

I really liked the future exhibit which introduced us to many inventors. There was a person who lived in Africa that created a wind mill out of scraps so that his home can have electricity. It was very inspiring. I also liked the Science storm exhibit where you got to create your own tsunami

Jon really enjoyed playing with ferrofluid which are really tiny, nanoparticles of ferrous in liquid that has magnetic property. You can create little spikes with this fluid just by changing the amount of magnetism. He also liked the racing car exhibit. He was in his glory!

Afterwards, we went to the Willis Tower (Sears tower) but it was closed as mentioned. The Willis tower is 1451 feet tall and it has a glass ledge so you can see how high you are. It sounded really cool but unfortunately we couldn’t go. We then walked around the Magnificent Mile which are 8 blocks extending from Michigan Avenue from the Chicago River to Oak Street. This was where we saw the street performers and where we got 6 bottles of Cran-energy by Ocean Spray. It is a cranberry pomegranate drink with green tea. It tastes okay.

When we returned to our hotel, we watch Jerry Maguire. Jon also broke one of his flip flops. Now he only has 1 functioning flip flop. Haha. He started out with 2 pairs. The first pair was lost at Radium Hot springs. The second one is damaged. Poor Jon. We’ll go get him new ones later today. I did tell him to buy an extra pair but he didn’t listen.