Chicago!

Day 15 - Chicago (June 8th)

After 15 days of riding we have reached Chicago! We rode into Chicago from Chesterton, Indiana and entered along the bike path that runs along the shore of Lake Michigan! Our destination was Millennium Park in downtown Chicago and the giant silver bean. It was absolutely amazing to see Chicago for the first time approaching the skyline from along the shore of Lake Michigan. Once we reached Millennium Park we took our bikes to the McDonalds bike shop to store until Nick and his brother loaded them into vans for transport to Homewood, IL where we were spending the night.

Since this was my first time in Chicago Dan and I spent the afternoon walking around downtown getting a feel for the city. The one main thing I noticed about Chicago compared to New York was how clean and modern it seemed. New York was non-stop craziness while Chicago was a bit calmer and very nice overall.

After we got tired walking around we caught the train to Homewood (south of Chicago) where St. Paul's Community Church was hosting us for the night. Once in Homewood we grabbed a quick dinner at the church before heading to a Temple service to share about our journey so far and talk with people there about their experiences with Cancer. Though the congregation was small and part of the service was in Herbrew it was interesting to see another side of religion that I don't normally see and the people who were there were very friendly and generous.