Back from Chicago, good trip!

We left about 9:45 AM on Tuesday, on our way to the windy city. Our pilot/tour guide (Randy) for the trip decided we would stay in a small city near Gary called Merrillville, Indiana. Roughly an hour from Chicago, this turned out to be a very good plan as we checked into an inexpensive hotel and then made our way on up to the city.

Having just been there recently, Randy knew the way to the sites and we all just sat back and enjoyed the view of the lake and the tall buildings including Trump's new place, which is the second tallest building in the city. The ride around Chicago was very nice and was dual purpose in nature. One to see the sites, but second, to kill some time before we were able to enter the ball park to see the game.

The White Sox Vs. Yankees game at U.S. Cellular field was the primary reason for the trip as Billy wanted to see the Yankees play and I had not been to a major league ball park since I was a child myself. I forget who the Reds were playing, but I do know where it was at, Crosley field in Cincinnati. Of course it is no longer there, but thankfully I have my memories.

Of course that was not the only ball park we saw while in Chicago, we also went by the home of the Cubs, Wrigley field. The park opened in 1914 and it was the last major league park to get lights, which finally happened in 1988. The reason they finally installed lights was that MLB threatened not to hold any post season activities there until the park was lit.

Once we saw all the sites, we headed for our primary destination as we thought we could get into the park by 5 PM. Turns out it was actually 5:35 PM, but it wasn't too bad of a wait.

Once inside, we found our seats on the top level and at least there were escalators all the way up. We had a pretty good view of the field and I truly enjoyed watching the game. Billy was a bit disappointed b/c the Yankees lost, but all in all it was a very enjoyable time for all of us.

The drive back to the hotel was not too long and we got into bed around 12:30 AM. Got up the next day around 7:00 and started back home about 7:30. Around 3 1/2 hours later we were back in Seymour. While I enjoyed the trip, it's always good to be home again!