Sox vs Sox

So after the close victory with UNI, it was time to pack it up and head back into the windy city again. More dunkin coffee woohoo!!

This trip to Chicago was to see the Red Sox. They were in town to play the White Sox. We were going to the game on Monday (labor day) So we got into town a little after noon on Saturday and decided after all the times in Chicago we had never taken a boat trip on the river or the lake. On our way to the boat ride we saw a little street performance. They were pretty good.

We got in line to board the boat, there were a lot of people on this tour. We found a seat near the railing. There were a lot of non english speaking people on this trip, they didn't understand they had to sit before the boat would go, it took a while to get going.





After the boat tour we decided that we needed something to eat so we thought we would try the Billy Goat Tavern, well it didn't look to appealing so we settled for a little place on the river and had a sandwhich and beer.
We thought we should chekc out the Navy Pier fireworks, so made our way to the Pier after supper. We had a little while to wait, so we got some drinks and chilled out, almost falling asleep. Then it was time for the show.


The next day we finally got to sleep in. However Josh went to work out. I enjoyed the sleep and the view from our hotel.

We then got ready, grabbed soem coffee and hopped the "EL" to the south side to US Cellular field. WE were going early, Josh wanted to see if they had batting practice. While waiting we ran into some hall of fame guy.

It was finally time to go in and find our seats. It was $1 hot dog and pretzel day, however we didn't stop there, we had to get popcorn and peanuts too. It also appeared as if there was no batting practice.


The game was not going so good for the REd Sox, they eventually lost! Bummer! So we thought we should get going back to Iowa City. We got back on the train and headed back for the car.
Oprah was in the process of kicking off her next season, so she had shut off a very busy part of Michigan Ave. so we were in walking distance of that and went to check it out before we got more coffee and hit the super slab.