We will soon embark on our next vacation. This one, like all others, did not start without much stress. We were not sure we were going on vacation. Then we decided at the last minutes to take one. Our choices in the beginning were Florida. But then the BP Oil spill had to ruin our choice of visiting the Gulf again. So we researched the beaches of North Carolina and South Carolina. Because we had limited time to take for vacation, we opted not to take that long drive to either of those spots (and there were next to none in hotels and condo's available). So we then chose Chicago. I heard it was a fun place to visit with a lot of things to do. We spent 4 days trying to narrow down a good hotel that was not overly expensive. We finally chose one late Saturday night, June 26. It's right in downtown Chicago, on the Magnificent Mile. We have to pay $28 a day to park! Wow. Looks like I am going to have to pack a lot of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Hope you enjoy my blog during our travels.