Chicago Pictures

Day 1 at Navy Pier

Oh how I like to swing on a swing...

Up to the sky so blue!

 Ohio Street Beach - Lake Michigan

Famous Chicago Pizza

Day 2 -Train to Chicago

 While it rained the kids put together a Ferris Wheel out of K'nex!

Michele Obama was delighted to meet Annie!

The end of Navy Pier

 

Matt at Harry Carey's restaurant

 

Walking home

Willis Tower in the Clouds!



Good News and Bad News by Annie Miles

           Today I have some good news and bad news. The good news is that we didn't have as much bad luck and everything turned out pretty well. The bad news is that we have to stay an extra day in Chicago. Our car has a leak and we can't really drive it anywhere. But today we used trains and taxis. We used the train to get close to Navy Pier and then took a taxi to get to Navy Pier. Our taxi driver was super funny and told us a lot of jokes. On the Pier we went all the way across the whole pier. The Ferris wheel wasn't open but we got a refund and were able to spend that on some calamari, chicken nuggets, and pulled pork nachos. Now we are having a relaxing night in the hotel pool!

PICTURES, Kalahari

 Surf Lesson with FlowRider...

 Matt getting the run down!

 Annie in the Tanzanian Twister

Under the water spout.

Outdoor water park!

Annie and fountain.

KALAHARI!

Trouble in Chicago by Annie Miles

                     My family never really has any good luck in Chicago. A few years ago my parents didn't do so good and now all of us aren't having any good luck either. We left pretty late from Kalahari so we didn't get here until about 3:30. We went to Navy Pier right away trying to find a good parking spot. Turns out we got one pretty close. Navy Pier is like the Boardwalk on Lake Michigan. We went on the giant swings and had lots of fun. We had 6 more tickets but only 45 minutes on the meter, and the line for the Ferris Wheel was way too long. So we just decided to go find a famous pizza place. But that didn't work out to well either. We searched all over for a pizza place we found on the phone but the GPS wasn't getting any signal because of the super tall buildings and the phone was just messed up.We must have gone around the block 3 times just looking for this famous pizza restaurant. And then our car overheated.  We didn't find the restaurant so we decided to go to the hotel. On the way to the hotel we found a delicious restaurant and got to sit outside which is my moms favorite. After that we went straight to the hotel. at the hotel we went inside to get our 2 queen bed and a pullout couch room, and that didn't turnout well. The room was already taken because the hotel didn't get our reservation. So we had to call like 10 different hotels searching for just 2 queen beds, and not 1 hotel in the area had that. So we had to get a pullout couch and a king bed. We did do fine over the night with Matt sleeping on the ground. So we will just have to see what happens to our car! I will write a little bit more tonight!

The curse of Chigago by Matt Miles

The first two days are off to a good start. We had a little trouble with the car but its going to be alright. I hope the rest of the trip, we're not going to have anymore problems and have lots of fun!

Kalahari Water Park by Annie

                  Kalahari Water Park was awesome! The 8 hour drive here was totally worth it, even though I slept through most of it, all thanks to my wonderful parents who stayed up all night. Once we got there around 9:45 we unpacked, jumped into bathing suits, and ran downstairs. The views were spectacular, so many rides, slides, and pools! In Kalahari they also have an arcade, bowling alley, jungle gym, ball pits, zip lines, obstacle courses, and some other little things to do. I had the most fun boogie boarding on the Flow Rider and doing slides with the rest of my family.
        
Flow Rider                                                           One of my Favorites

Goodnight and don't forget to check back tomorrow for more fun about Chicago!

Annie's Blog About Cali

        Hello this is Annie and I am so excited to     go to California.    I am looking foward to going horseback riding and seeing Yellowstone National Park the most.   Everyone in my family is super  excited to go to the USA's largest water   park.   We can't wait to have loads of fun and    be happy the whole trip! 
           Don't forget to check back on miles miles miles and miles blog!                                           

 

One Week To Go!

Mom:  What are you most excited about for our trip to California?
Matt:  Everything...
Charlie:  Mine is the Black Hills.
Matt:  Five days to go... I wish we could leave right now!
Annie:  I can't wait to go horseback riding.
JJ:  Seeing all the different states. 
Mom:  Anything else you want to say?

All:  I don't know.

Matt's Blog About Cali

I can not wait till we are on the road for California. It will be so much fun!It will be so much fun! I wish we were never coming home. One of the best parts will be going to the water park. Although I will miss Haddon Township and all our friends and family.