I know, I know...I'm late

I was supposed to post the exciting climax to my trip as soon as I got home, but I got busy and just plain forgot....so, here it is.


We left Chicago the next afternoon, but not without one last stop to Wacker Drive. The drive to Detroit was pretty uneventful.

But I did see a very pretty rainbow just as we were pulling into Detroit city limits.


The next day, before we began our long journey back to Toronto, we stopped off at The Henry Ford Museum - THE coolest museum I've ever been to! We saw such sights as:
The original Weinermobile

A cool train(that I of course HAD to go sit in....)

A cool old-timey roadside diner (the last picture is of the lady who worked there!)An airplane....Old Billboards....And of course, lots of cool cars.

There were also a lot of important historical artifacts, such as

The bus (and seat) Rosa Parks was on when she defied Jim Crow laws in Alabama by refusing to give up her seat to a white passengerThe chair President Lincoln was sitting in when he was assassinated
And the car Kennedy was in when he got shot.

It was an amazing museum - a great way to end an amazing vacation.

And so, we crossed the bridge back into Canada, and made our way home. I had a wonderful time, and I hope you enjoyed travelling with me, even if it was just virtually.

The Intrepid Pie

Sigh....Chicago

Alright....I've had it with this damn computer. For some reason, it likes to shut itself off whenever I'm trying to upload videos from my camera to the computer.....so you'll just have to wait and see the videos when I get home. I'll burn you a DVD. It will be fun.

BUT, the pictures still work....so I'll show you those.

Anyway, we got to Chicago, ate at a restaurant, then went to bed.

Oh yes, I forgot to post this picture in yesterday's blog. This is the Chicago skyline while heading into the city.

Here are some pics of the crowd and the outside Wrigley Field before the game.....and the crowd during the game. Note all the Blue and Red jerseys....

And the famous Wrigley scoreboard from both inside and outside the stadium....Cubs Vs. CardinalsWow....I've got a great zoom on my camera!!!Hooray!!! Cubbies Win!!! 3-2 in the 11th inning.I took this picture of the stadium while we were waiting for the El after the game. The view down West Addison st. - the sidewalks were PACKED full of people! It took us 20 minutes to walk a block.Me after the game, in my brand new Cubs shirt!

So.....after the game, we went on a little walk through Chicago.

The corner of Madison St. and State St. at duskAhh....the famous Chicago Theatre. Appearing that night was Melissa Etheridge. It was ALL LESBIANS!!! A whole fleet of them blocking the sidewalk! I saw one dude, but he was pretty gay so it didn't count.Doin' the Wacker Drive! Wow...cool picture!Here we are looking west on Wacker Drive at dusk....And east on Wacker dr.!I'm not sure what these buildings are or why they're important, I just thought they were pretty, so I took pictures of them.Here's a view of the Chicago river from the State St. Bridge at Wacker Dr.And this is the enterance to the Chicago Tribune building.And finally, a picture of me sitting on the fountain at Millennium Park. I saw a spoon in the middle of the fountain, so I took off my shoes and went in to fish it out. Now I have a spoon from Chicago!

Stay tuned for more!

The Intrepid Pie

Lunch with Our Lady

Thank Jesus, I'm on the internet!

Unfortunately, our room in Chicago did not have a proper internet connection to my computer, so I couldn't get online. So, the blog had to be postponed for a few days. Thank God for Marriott....Hilton Sucks. So, I'll start again where we left off.....

So, across from our hotel in Windsor was this really nice park, with a great view of Detroit...which you can see here....across the river.

Panorama!

And here I am taking a picture of myself, in front of the Detroit Skyline. Alright...time to hit the road!Here we are in the tunnel under the Detroit River....we happened to get stuck in traffic RIGHT on the boarderline, so I took a picture of it. At the time, my feet were in America, but my face wasn't.After leaving Detroit, we headed off to South Bend, Indiana, to have lunch at the University of Notre Dame. Here's a picture of Notre Dame stadium, where the football team plays (once coached by Knute Rockne - the dude who told people to "Win One for the Gipper" in that movie with the president....).But the real reason I wanted to stop at Notre Dame was to see the famous "Touchdown Jesus" mural on the library. Jade and Jesus (AKA Ernest Goes to College). Hey - can I now say that Jesus and I went to college together? After leaving Notre Dame, we drove the rest of the way to Chicago. Here is a picture of the lobby of the Palmer House Hotel...where we stayed for the past 2 days. Beautiful Lobby. Crummy rooms.

And, just in case the photo montage wasn't enough for you, here's this whole leg of the trip in video form.