Amtrak*s Empire Builder
to Chicago, Illinois
July  5th

After a pleasant ride thru the Wisconsin Dells (is this the opposite of a delta?) we followed the Mississippi into Chicago.
We have a one day layover here to catch our Texas Eagle homeward.

We were thrilled to meet Rev. Jesse Jackson in the train station.  We need more giants like him.
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We walked passed the famed Sears Tower to our Travelodge Hotel on the south side of the Loop.
We discovered that the celebration *Taste of Chicago* was going on only a few blocks from our hotel.

So we enjoyed the music, dancing and foods of Chicago..


This last was taken from our hotel window.  We are already a million miles from Alaska.

But its hard to believe that we will be home in just two more days...

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