Almost two years ago we took Zoe and my nephews to Chicago for the day. We spent it at the Shedd’s Aquarium, and found that we still had time left before our evening train took us back to Milwaukee so I came up with this fantastic plan to walk from Shedd’s Aquarium to Navy Pier. It didn’t look very far.
Looks can be deceiving.
We told the kids it we thought it was only about a 1/4 – 1/2 mile walk. Maybe it would take us 10-15 minutes. Actually, it took about 40 minutes.
Here’s a photo montage from Shedd’s to Navy Pier. In the second photo you can see the lakefront path from Shedd’s, looks pretty easy to walk, doesn’t it? Not too far at all.
In the third photo you can see where Navy Pier is …. behind my husband and Zoe, down the path, beyond the water, and on that long white penninsula in the background. That is Navy Pier. Notice how it’s sooooo far away that you can’t even make out the ferris wheel. (Just an FYI  – if any of you went to the BlogHer convention in Chicago this past summer, it was held at Navy Pier.)
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I love Chicago! What a long walk though.
Happy WW!
That is a long walk and great pics!
Very cool! Happy WW!
What vivid blue skies!!! And great pictures of your trip.
Nice pics scroll down on by blog that pic could be my hubby too
That’s pretty funny. A few years ago my husband and I were in Chicago for a wedding and the day after, spent the day walking around downtown. We also decided to walk to Navy Pier because “it’s just right there”. It took us like 30 minutes and we had to cut across this freeway ramp to get there. But it was fun.