Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Chicago - the view from above

The rain managed to hold off throughout the day, and while I can't say the sky cleared, we could now see the top of the Sears Tower - so we were off on our final adventure.  We had been listening to "when can we go to the top of the tallest building????" all day, so it was a relief to be able to say "NOW!!!"

I had read that 5 pm was a good time to go to avoid the lines, and that advice turned out to be solid.  I'm sure the weather helped too, but it made for some cool pictures!

There are now glass boxes hanging off the side of the 103rd story of the tower, called The Ledge. (Amazingly enough, they don't charge extra for this!)  As we stood in line for our turn to stand on/in it, I was freaking out more than a little.  Especially watching a man lay his 2-month old baby girl down to take a picture... yikes!  The kids, however, had no fear:
Anyone know why there are mustache souvenirs all over town?

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