Chicago – Day 1

At SKEMKS a couple months ago, Mar & Sallie mentioned they were going to Chicago Memorial Day to see Erin. Since I had some United miles ready to expire, I decided to crash the party and booked a ticket. So, today, I flew in to meet up with Erin, and will have a night and day to wander on my own before Mar & Sal get here Friday night. I haven’t been to Chicago in several years, so I’m excited for all the activities we have planned and whatever else may pop up.

My plane left about 40 minutes late, but we made up time in the air and landed only about ten minutes late. The super fascinating thing about my flight was that nearly 90% of the folks were on it for connecting flights – hardly anyone got off to actually stay in Chicago.

Once I grabbed my bag I caught the Blue Line train into town where Erin met me at the Chicago Ave station. It was about 82 degrees when I landed so it was great to get out in the warm air as we walked through town back to her apartment. She is on the 40th floor near Navy Pier, with an awesome view of Lake Michigan. It’s a great spot. For the evening we just got dinner at the Japanese spot downstairs and plotted our Friday attack from the big purple couch.