Chicago: City of the Big Shoulders

The second city is still our favorite big city. We had a great time together. My highlights include:

• 4 O'Clock Tea at the American Girl Place with Anna, Sophie, Megan, Kit, Nikki, Samantha and Nelly.

• Singing of God's grace with Dan & Amy Pflug at Rothbury Community Church on Sunday.
• Being called "Scott'n" and getting goodnight hugs from 3-year-old Maddie Pflug, whose lymphoma is now in remission.

• Launching ourselves off giant sand dunes along Lake Michigan.

• Dolphins, Otters and Beluga Whales at the Shedd Aquarium.

• Visiting the Field Museum and finding the Apatosaurus skeleton which Elmer J. Riggs discovered on a small hill outside Fruita (where we took a family hike 3 years ago).

• Swimming together at the Historic Palmer House Hotel.
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• Looking down on Chicago from the John Hancock Observatory.
• Watching Robots make our very own Gravitron Top at the Museum of Science and Industry.

• Riding the elevated trains around the loop in downtown Chicago.