Chicago area

The photo is Lake Michigan taken from the east side. Chicago would be beyond the water horizon.
From Iowa City we drove north to McHenry, Illinois to start our Chicago Hoffmann visits. Mark and Tarah fixed us dinner and we visited into the evening. The next morning we found a great place for breakfast, The Windhill Pancake House. They are heavily decorated for Halloween, but the food was yummy.
After doing laundry, we went to Crystal Lake to meet Pete and Noreen for lunch. Pete is Don's brother. Did a little shopping in the village and had a good visit over lunch. We headed south to see their daughter Lori and her husband Richard. We took the El to Wrigley Field and a Cubs game. We opted for dinner before at a brew pub. We stayed their for the rain delay which went on long enough that we decided not to go in. It was still lightening after 8 when we left. We had been their before so it was okay not to go.
This morning we drove through the corner of Indiana and into Michigan. We both felt that this was the beginning of adventure as we have never been in this part of the country. He got to Kalamazoo to have lunch with nephew Chris. He is a TA supervisor at Western Michigan and enjoying it very much.
We made a stop in Ann Arbor mostly to take some pictures of Michigan's stadium. Someone in the family is a fan. Tonight we are in Monroe, Michigan on which is on Lake Erie. I believe Canton, Ohio is on the agenda for tomorrow.