Chicago, Day 2

We spent Day 2 at the Shedd Aquarium and Oceanarium. Kimodo Dragon - HUGE!
Good pointing:

A "pirate ship" we saw out the window on Lake Michigan:
dolphins:

Really neat coral reef, holes in the ceiling and fish swimming overhead:

Beluga whales - adorable:
Mama and baby:

The baby is darker gray in the front, and very cute:

One of the most beloved creatures at Shedd is Nickel, the paralyzed sea turtle. She does not have use of her back flippers but that doesn't appear to slow her down much.


Feeding stingrays:

More stingrays:


HUGE shark with a saw nose:

After the aquarium, we took a cab to the John Hancock building:

That's the Planetarium out on the penninsula to the left:Lake Shore Drive:I think the building with the cranes on top is the new Trump building, still under construction. Sears Tower is in the distance.Navy Pier:

Putting the kids to work:

Personally, I think that the best part of the Hancock building was that there was a Cheesecake Factory in the bottom of it, and we got to eat dinner there. Even though Sam tipped his chair over on top of himself, bloodied his lip and the waiter took away our unfinished Adam's Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple Cheesecake in the confusion(we'd eaten 2/3 of it, but would have eaten it all!) we still had a good meal. It was definitely time to go though. Back where we parked the kids played at the Children's Garden outside the museums: