Chicago, Part Deux

The farm was relaxing, but it was time to get back to the city. We got to Chicago and were given a choice of several street festivals happening that evening. We chose to stick with the closest one to Ben’s neighborhood, in Southport.

At the festival, we learned that BL can throw a baseball 64 MPH; AJ can throw 32 MPH. We watched some live music from Too White Crew, a cover band for 90s rap and R&B. We also surfed a monster wave.

Afterwards, we wandered a little more and ended up at Sluggers, where we hit around in the batting cages. If it weren’t for the nets all around, some of those balls would have been juiced.

Sunday was a lazy day of riding a Wendella Boat down the Chicago River. We learned a lot about architecture and the city: the lighthouse on Lake Michigan is automated now because a previous lighthouse keeper hosted too many nude parties there.