Chicago...the city of Skyscrapers and Family fun....September

Denny has a cousin that lives in the Chicago area and they have been asking us to come for a visit...so we are finally heading up...it's been a busy 3mths for us and we're glad for a break and some family time. We arrived late on Fri nite and Harv and Peg picked us up on Sat morning...off we went to see the downtown area. We'd never been to Chicago before so we were wide eyed and amazed. First stop The Willis (Sears) Tower...soo cool.

The winding way to get to the elevator was full of interesting facts 

The tower is 262 Michael Jordan's...too funny

The elevator ride up....

The views were amazing....the river

Lake Michigan...big marina

Interesting buildings being pointed out on this map

Harv, Peg, Denny, Nathie on the glass push out....was so odd standing out there...

Looking straight down from the glass room...

Really enjoyed our visit to the tower...

Next was lunch at a famous Italian restaurant...Berghoff's

First opened in 1898...

After an amazing lunch, Harv drove us around for a downtown city tour..

The weather was a little windy...but not bad

Was a little windy on Lake Michigan..

The famous....Michigan Ave...

The piece of this wall came from the NY Stock Exchange

The famous Navy Pier...

Love my Buffett!!!

Looked like a great place to hang....

Famous Chicago Pizza...

THE place to buy popcorn...Garrett.....the famous cheese/caramel mix

It was beginning to rain and time to head home...it was about an hour ride out to the country so we headed home...it was a great ride and very peaceful just a short distance out of the city. It was great to see the city...but we really enjoyed being out where it was quiet. We stopped and had a wonderful BBQ sandwich and headed home. It was a bit cooler, so we slept with our window open...but closed it early in the morning ...burr....but was a sunny day.

After a wonderful breakfast, Harv took us to see his shop/business....so fascinating..

very nice articles about his business

A lot of publications his product is featured in..

THE man's desk....where the buck stops...

Explaining  his products...

A bean pole

Some of the equipment reminded me of machinery that was in my Dad's shop

Big coils of wire that turn into vegetable "pens" for growing beans and tomatoes and other things

Just fascinating..

Harv's business....HE Associates, Inc.

We headed home to a wonderful lunch Peg had made and then they taught us how to play bridge...we had a blast. Had another great nites sleep.

After a wonderful breakfast we headed back to the airport....but took a few pictures first..

 Their property is just gorgeous...and so peaceful

Thanks for having us...we had a wonderful visit.

See you at the farm!!!