So Much to tell so little time

So much to tell…

 

Its been a number of days now since the last posting. It just that we've been on the the road 6 to 8 hours every day and by the time we've stopped for the day and found something to eat its been to easy to postpone any recounting until a future time and place. Well I guess the time and place are here and now.
We've checked in to the very nice La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa just off the plaza. We arrived this morning at 10:30 or so after a 2.5 hour drive from Tucomcari, NM. We were a little early for check-in so we had brunch in the restaurant and then went down to the Plaza for a little shopping and site seeing. Angie found some jewelry she liked; according to the salesman/designer they would  make it a similar piece just for her for about 7K. Bracelet or back yard, hum?
Lets see if I can recount our trip? The last posting was on July 9th and we were just leaving Columbus, OH on our way to Chicago, IL.

Chicago, Chicago oh what a town! 

This was my first visit to Chicago and Angie and I are in love with it . We had an amazing time exploring the city by site seeing bus. You know one of those hop-on-hop off deals that take you around the city with a very verbose guide. Great fun and a great way for us to get familiar with the city. After we checked in at the Palomar Hotel in the hart of downtown we hoped on the bus did our first tour of the city. Chicago is an architectural candy store. Every kind of facade imaginable and skyscrapers to make you dizzy. And gobs of public art from Picasso to Chagall. The evening as spent checking out the local music seen. Unfortunately its Monday night and not as vibrant as I would have liked.
The next morning we had scheduled the Architectural tour via the River. The kind featured in The Break-up(movie). The weather was absolutely perfect with low temperatures and humidity; don't think we could has asked for better. In the afternoon we took as number of the smaller tours through various neighborhood, east side west side all around the town, very enjoyable. Had a Chicago style hot dog sans ketchup and a Chocolate Cake Shake. Angie washed it down with a $2.86 ice tea from McDonald's.I guess they charge that because it's the largest McDonald's in America, consisting of two floors and about 6000 sq. ft. Wrigley Field, check! Sorry we couldn't make it to a Cubs game this time. Just so much to see and do; just not enough time.
Chicago is expensive! Everything is more than expected. Example: our overnight parking at the hotel was $58 a night. A four block pedi cab ride wanted 30 bucks. And Starbucks don't even ask. One footnote this was the first Starbucks I've encountered that served wine and beer. An of course food at any of the restaurants is expensive. We did have a very nice meal however at the Grill at the Park in Memorial Park.