Well, we didn’t do all that much in Chicago, honestly. It was pretty challenging with Brian’s conference, and the election celebration kind of knocked us both out for yesterday (though Brian did make it to class — good job, Brian!). Then today, after several days of unseasonably warm (balmy, even) weather and sunshine, things took a turn and we had pretty serious clouds and scattered rain, so it wasn’t the most pleasant day for exploring. But we do have a few more things to share from our trip, such as the view from our hotel room!

We could see the Sears Tower (kind of hard to spot in this photo, but it’s there in the background to the left of the red crane) and the river and everything. Nice! And today, despite the rain, we did go back down to Millennium Park & Grant Park to see it in the daytime without a quarter of a million other people there, and we visited The Bean:

I love a bean. I also loved seeing the banners that arrived yesterday:

We’ll have to return to Chicago at some point to do more awesome stuff! We’re in Ohio now at a Super 8 outside Toledo and should get home by late tomorrow.

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