Chicago, Illinois

Our good friend Chief (ret) Roger Byers invited us into Chicago for his retirement ceremony, and we readily agreed, as we were looking forward to spending a weekend in here. Garbo had lived her for a 5 year period ending in 1995 . That was under the occupation period though, and he was keen to revisit the area under different auspices.

We spent the first day in Chicago proper. We stayed at the Westin on Michigan Avenue, a nice hotel located across the street from the Hancock tower. Our flight got us in early enough that we were able to shop along Michigan Avenue Friday morning, enjoy lunch at the cafe in the new Millennium park, walk down to the Field Museum for a couple of hours, take a water taxi to Navy Pier, spend time there absorbing sun, jazz, and adult carbonated beverages, walk back to the hotel, enjoy a drink at the 95th while the sun set, and finally have a great dinner in Greek Town.

Saturday found us at the Great Lakes Navel Base for Roger's retirement ceremony, a 9 hole golf tournament, and finally a nice reception/dinner in the clubhouse.

We really enjoyed the trip, but a single day in downtown Chicago was not enough. We wanted to go to a cubs game, visit the aquarium, the art museum, etc.

Note that as of this time (30 August 2004) only the digital pictures are posted, we have regular film to develop as well.

	The Water Tower, Chicago (August 2004)
	The Water Tower, Chicago (August 2004)
	Chicago (August 2004)
	The Hancock Tower, home of the "95th", Chicago (August 2004)
	At the base of the Hancock tower is a nice open air area. The lower level contains coffee shops, and lunch establishments. (August 2004)
	Chicago (August 2004)
	Buckingham fountain, Chicago (August 2004)
	A damn fine looking man at Buckingham Fountain, Chicago (August 2004)
	Some hottie at Buckingham Fountain, Chicago (August 2004)
	Buckingham Fountain, Chicago (August 2004)
	Millennium park (June 2004)
	The Park Grill, and the giant reflecting sphere in Millennium park (June 2004)
	Karen in Millennium park (June 2004)
	Chicago skyline taken from the Millennium park gardens (August 2004)
	A water side view of Chicago (June 2004)
	The city of Chicago, seen from "the 95th" restaurant on the John Hancock Tower. (August 2004)
	Chicago's waterfront, seen from "the 95th" restaurant on the John Hancock Tower. (August 2004)
	Chicago beach (August 2004)
	public "swimming" fountain, Chicago (August 2004)
	Fountain swimmers, Chicago (June 2004)
	(June 2004)
	The city of Chicago, seen from Navy Pier. (August 2004)
	Navy Pier - beer garden and live band. (August 2004)
	Navy pier (June 2004)
	Field History Museum, Chicago. We were able to view the "Treasures of the Forbidden City" exhibit, a collection of items from the Chinese Emperor's palace. (August 2004)
	The city of Chicago, seen from the front of the Field Museum. (August 2004)
	A great greek restaurant in greek-town, Chicago (August 2004)

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