Dad and I had a great trip to Chicago. When we planned the trip we never could've known that we would have such beautiful weather or the backdrop of 2 very exciting games to watch.
The Cubs game was everything that it could've been, with the ace of the staff pitching 6 strong innings and getting to see Kerry Wood pitch 2 good innings as he continues his trek back to being effective. The crowd was in it and nearly half the stadium knew what the score of the Brewers games before they posted it on the outfield scoreboard. 3 different times the place broke out in the tomahawk chant to cheer on the Braves against the Brew Crew. Wrigley is such an awesome place to see a baseball game.
After saying bye to cousin Bethany who joined us for the game, we took the L to downtown to walk around Millenium Park. The public transportation system here is just awesome. For $5 we were able to ride any train or bus for 24 hours, of which we did a lot off. Maybe in 10 years we will have something that works half as well as the transit system that they have here in Chicago.
Finally, we spent the evening watching the Bears and Cowboys. Even though we had on our Bears garb and cheered them on, we felt fine with Da Boys pulling out the victory. If we did have any cheering interest in Dallas, we probably would've been wearing beer all night long. The atmosphere was as loud as a playoff game in Dallas... And nearly every one had on a Bears jersey or shirt. No 'seen to be seen' crowd like we have at Texas Stadium.
More public transportation success and we made it home safely at 12:20a. Thanks to Lynne and Tom for letting us crash and eat their food.
Monday included golf with me and the 3 Butler kids. We had an enjoyable outing in a balmy late Chicago morning. The golf game itself was OK.
We are off to fly back to the republic of Texas. See ya soon.
Brian
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