Chicago!

We drove to Illinois on Friday night with our friends Shaun & Amber and woke up bright and early Saturday morning to visit the tallest building in America (and the tallest structure in the world!).

In case you didn't know, that would be the Sears/Willis Tower in downtown Chi-town.
At 1,730 feet, it towers above the Chicago skyline and many other iconic buildings like the Empire State Building & Eiffel Tower. Guests visit the Skydeck, located on the 103rd floor. It takes just 60 seconds for the elevator to make it from the lowest level to the Skydeck. Can you imagine taking the stairs?
The coolest part--by far--of the Skydeck is the glass ledge that you can walk out on. Just don't look down, right?
After playing on the glass, we spent some time enjoying the view from every direction.
We lucked out with GORGEOUS weather in November and could see pretty far in the distance. On a clear day in the summer, visitors can see 4 different states from the tower.

Once we were back on the ground, we began a long day of walking through the city by heading over to the popular Millennium Park.

The park, which is actually a part of Grant Park, is home to the Pritzker Pavilion which hosts music festivals and concerts throughout the year.

Our favorite part of Millennium Park (and possibly Chicago?) was the Cloud Gate, better known as The Bean. In its reflection, you can see the entire Chicago skyline.

Of course, the skyline isn't the only reflection you see.

In fact, you can quite feasibly spend hours taking pictures of your reflections on the inside.

It took awhile to tear our easily-entertained selves from The Bean, but eventually we succeeded and found ourselves walking along Michigan Avenue toward the Magnificent Mile.

And the rest is to be continued!