Decided to take the commuter train into Chicago today to do a little sightseeing. The train in Michigan city runs right down the middle of 11th street, and the station looks like a bus shelter. You purchase your ticket on the train. Took 1 1/2 hours to get to downtown Chicago, after many stops, but once we were outside of the city, the stations looked liked regular train stations. Went to Uno's for lunch, apparently the home of the original deep dish Chicago pizza. Shared a large with Nancy and Eddie, but no way could we eat it all. None of us had ever seen a deep dish pizza that deep. Very good. Toured around some of the downtown streets, walked out to Dusable marina, where we plan to stay once we get there. Nice place. Walked up the "Magnificent Mile" on Michigan Avenue.
On the way back the train got stopped for a switch that had to be flipped by hand, the female conductor walked through the car to let people know what was happening "just so you know". As we left the train she commented that the 3 females on our train had actually fixed the switch, unlike the men on the previous train. Got back shortly after 7 pm. Still breezy out there, but a nice clear night with a full moon, temperature still warm, in the high 60s.
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