For the next day, I had made a reservation for the architecture tour that takes a dog-friendly speedboat around Lake Michigan and down the Chicago River through the city. I wanted to drive into the city to park closer than the Airbnb so we could jump on the road when we were done. First mistake. I couldn’t find a metered spot on the street so ended up parking in a lot that would cost a fortune. We walked to find Wildberry Pancakes & Cafe and could not. Looking at the map, it was right there, so close, but the sidewalk ended to a wall of bushes, we couldn’t walk any farther that way. We took this long route into the park to get to it from another angle, but that part of the park was closed for construction. I was over it. Walking towards Navy Pier where the boat is, I noticed a few parking spots on the street. We had some time so I figured I’d get my car out of that lot, plus be a lot closer to the pier. Just more mistakes. We ran to the car, still had to pay twenty four dollars, drove to where I saw the spots, which were no longer there, or perhaps never existed at all, and drove around in circles until it got so late I had to park in another lot. We had to run all the way to the pier and it ended up costing an additional forty dollars. Sigh.
The tour was good, though! I got more battle wounds from trying to keep Henley in the boat. The Coast Guard is pretty intense there and fine big bucks for littering, even if your hat blows into the Michigan, so I can’t imagine what a Lab would cost me.
I really wanted to drive straight to Boston at this point, but I only made it as far as Buffalo. We spent the night in what may be our last rest stop ever, but probably not. :)
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| Chicago, as seen from Lake Michigan |
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