This was our final day in Chicago. We got up at a decent hour, met Josh and Jaime for breakfast, then packed our stuff up. We checked out of the hotel and then headed down to the Shedd Aquarium. I was fortunate enough to go to the Shedd Aquarium my sophomore year of high school on an NHS trip. I had loved it then...particularly the penguin exhibit! This time around, the lines were ridiculous. We got there and saw what was probably the longest line we've ever seen (we've never been to Disney World). Anyway, it took almost two hours to get our tickets purchased. We were tempted to spend an extra $20 a piece to skip the line, but instead just played a lot of back and forth Dice with Friends on my phone.
When we got in we got lunch from one of the concessions (not impressed). Then started walking around. Shedd has a great selection of animals and I was yet again, not disappointed. We saw Belugas, White-sided Dolphins, penguins, jellyfish, seahorses, and lots of other cool fish and sealife! My favoite was of course, still the penguins!
We got done looking around at 3:30 and walked solemnly back to our car, knowing we had nearly 10 hours of driving ahead of us. James drove most of the way home, which I appreciated because I got some reading time in. Dramamine does wonders for those who get carsick, by the way. We got into Lee's Summit around 12:45, picked up the dog and then headed home.
It was a great trip...a nice break from everything we had going on, but we sure were happy that night to get to sleep in our own bed!
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