99/365:2

99/365:2, a photo by daisy plus three on Flickr.

navy pier
chicago, il

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We had to go to Navy Pier today to pick up our race packets for the Shamrock Shuffle tomorrow. We've driven in the past because it's been cold and/or raining/snowing. We've also driven because:
1) I was pregnant
2) Kenzie was a baby
3) I was pregnant again and Kenzie was still a baby
4) We have Kenzie and Aubrey, and it's a pain to take the train sometimes because not all train stops are handicap accessible. We'd also have to walk quite a ways to get to the pier, or we'd have to take a bus, which doesn't sound fun either.

So we drove again this year. And it was not fun...at all. There were just way too many people all driving there. I'm sure some people were just going to the pier because it was relatively nice out, but I also know a lot of people were going to pick up their race packets. Next year we are NOT driving. It's just ridiculous the way the traffic was getting routed and by the time we parked we were so frustrated that we didn't even want to be there any longer than we had to be.

We considered taking the kids on the ferris wheel, but it was kind of cool on the lake and it was really foggy. We'll go back another time when it's warmer and also when there isn't a blanket of fog covering all the buildings.