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Chicago
May 13-17
2010
MAY 13, 2010:
WE DEPARTED PARK RAPIDS AT 5:00
A.M. ENROUTE TO OUR FIRST
ATTRACTION, THE EXPERIMENTAL
AIRCRAFT ASSOC. MUSEUM IN
OSH KOSH, WISCONSIN.
A FLYING CAR:)
OUR FIRST NIGHT'S STAY WAS AT
THE RAMADA PLAZA HOTEL
IN FOND DU LAC, WI.
MAY 14: THIS MORNING WE
LEFT FOND DU LAC, WI AND
HEADED FOR PLEASANT
PRAIRIE WI, (HOME OF THE
"JELLY BELLY FACTORY").
PICTURED TO THE RIGHT
ARE; VI BARTEN, JIM & RUTH
LANGE, AND CAROL &
NORB HUSBY.
DONNA WILCOX & DARLENE DUNBAR
PICTURED BELOW: OUR FIRST
STOP IN CHICAGO., THE BEAUTIFUL CHICAGO BOTANICAL
GARDENS.
THE TREES TO THE LEFT
WERE HUGE AND ALL
TRIMMED INTO PERFECT
SQUARES!!! REALLY
NEAT!
BELOW: NORB HUSBY,
JERRY & ARLENE NOVAK
RELAX!
ABOVE; JOHN &
LAVONNE
FISCHER.
TO THE RIGHT;
DOWNTOWN
CHICAGO AND
THE CHICAGO
RIVER.
NEXT, WE BOARDED THE
MERCURY RIVER CRUISE
BOAT WHICH TOOK US ON
A TOUR UP AND DOWN THE
CHICAGO RIVER AND
ONTO
LAKE MICHIGAN.
A VIEW OF THE CITY AND THE
NAVY PIER FROM OUT ON LAKE
MICHIGAN.
MAY 15:
TODAY WAS A BUSY DAY! WE
STARTED THE DAY BY VISITING
MILLENIUM PARK AND THE
"CLOUD GATE SCULPTURE".
PICTURED ABOVE;
KEN & BETTY PARSONS
A QUICK PICTURE
OF MOST OF THE
PARK RAPIDS
GROUP IN FRONT
OF THE CLOUD
GATE SCULPTURE.
WE ALSO LEARNED ALL ABOUT AL CAPONE
ON OUR "GANGSTER TOUR OF THE CITY"
BEFORE ENDING OUR NIGHT AT THE
"TOMMY GUNS GARAGE" ~ SPEAK EASY
FOR DINNER AND A SHOW.
PICTURED ABOVE;
JERRY & ARLENE
NOVAK. BELOW RIGHT;
MARY WEAVER
MAY 16TH: WE WENT UP TO THE
TOP OF WILLIS (SEARS) TOWER.
ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN VIEW
WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN,
ILLINOIS AND INDIANA!
ONCE WE WERE
FINISHED IN THE
PARK, WE WERE
OFF TO THE
CHICAGO MUSEUM
OF SCIENCE AND
INDUSTRY. WE
SPENT HALF OF
OUR DAY AT THE
MUSEUM. THERE
WAS SO MUCH TO
SEE! SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS
INCLUDED THE
U 505 GERMAN
SUBMARINE,
SCIENCE STORM,
AND THE
"SMART HOME".
VERY
INTERESTING!
ON TOP OF WILLIS (SEARS)
TOWER THERE ARE GLASS
LEDGES THAT YOU CAN WALK
OUT ON AND LOOK STRAIGHT
DOWN. YIKES! TO THE RIGHT
IS A PICTURE TAKEN LOOKING
THROUGH THE GLASS BOTTOM.
OUR NEXT STOP WAS THE
CHICAGO FIELD MUSEUM.
BELOW IS A GREAT GROUP
PHOTO TAKEN ON THE STEPS IN
FRONT OF THE MUSEUM.
THERE WERE 24 CLASSIC CLUB MEMBERS ON THIS TRIP. MEMBERS
INCLUDED, VINCE POPPLER, JUDY SHELDON, ARVIN & MARY
PACKER, ROY & VI BARTEN, JIM & RUTH LANGE, GAIL MANLOVE,
DICK & JUDY FIELDSEND, KEN & BETTY PARSONS, JOAN SMITH,
JOHN & LAVONNE FISCHER, NORB & CAROL HUSBY, ARLENE &
JERRY NOVAK, DONNA WILCOX, DARLENE DUNBAR, DIRECTOR
MARY WEAVER AND DEBBIE SCHULTZ FROM CNB.
PICTURED BELOW, A LOOK
INTO THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF
THE FIELD MUSEUM.
WHEN WE WERE FINISHED AT
THE FIELD MUSEUM, EVERYONE COULD CHOOSE WHAT
THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THE
AFTERNOON. THE CHOICES
WERE THE SHEDD AQUARIUM
OR SHOPPING ON THE
MAGIFICENT MILE!
GREAT FUN!
T-REX (SUE) - HER SKELETAL
BODY IS REAL , BUT HER HEAD
HAS BEEN REPLICATED. THE
REAL FOSSILIZED HEAD IS IN A
GLASS CASE LOCATED IN THE
UPPER LEVEL OF THE MUSEUM.
THE HEAD WEIGHED CLOSE TO
600 POUNDS AND WAS TO HEAVY
TO BALANCE ON THE SKELETAL BODY. (JUST CRAZY WHAT
A PERSON CAN LEARN!)
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON WE
WENT FOR A GROUP SUPPER TO
THE "FLAT TOP GRILL"
LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET FROM HARPO STUDIOS
(THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW!)
TO THE RIGHT; WALKING TO
THE FLAT TOP GRILL
BELOW; A PICTURE OF
HARPO STUDIOS
MAY 17: OUR LAST DAY IN
CHICAGO. TODAY WE
TOURED THE CHICAGO
BOARD OF TRADE AND
WATCHED THE OPENING OF
THE MARKETS BEFORE
CROSSING THE STREET TO
THE CHICAGO FEDERAL
RESERVE BANK.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
NORB & CAROL HUSBY AND
BETTY PARSONS TAKE A LOOK
AT THE CUBE HOLDING ONE
MILLION DOLLARS IN ONES!
THE NEW HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL
THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN 2011.
EVERY DAY $20 MILLION DOLLARS
OF UNFIT CURRENCY IS SHREDDED
AT THE CHICAGO FEDERAL RESERVE!! UNBELIEVABLE!
AFTER WE LEFT THE FEDERAL RESERVE
WE HAD TIME TO MAKE A QUICK STOP AT
THE OPRAH STORE BEFORE HEADING TO
UNION STATION TO CATCH OUR AMTRAK
TRAIN BACK TO MINNESOTA!
GREAT TIMES,
GREAT FUN,
GREAT PEOPLE!! GREAT TRIP!!!