Day 2 - spent the day exploring Chicago. Breakfast in Theatre Land, visited Millenium Park, Soldier Field (Chicago Bears stadium), Adams Street (recce'd the start of Route 66), Chicago River walk, the Magnificent Mile and the John Hancock Observatory. Typically the camera battery ran out just after we got to the top but just had enough juice to record a spectacular sunset . A really good day but knackering - all on foot (about 7 or 8 miles in total!).
Day 3 - a little more relaxed today. A stroll to Navy Pier to walk off breakfast was followed by a minor panic when we couldn't get hold of anyone at the dealership to confirm delivery arrangements! Eventually we got that sorted so we decided to take a bike trip to Chinatown - well worth it (not!). It is a very run down area with little to see other than streets full of Chinese restaurants - it's a shame as they could make much more of it. However, the bike ride there was fun and then we spent the rest of the afternoon biking around on Chicago's version of Boris Bikes. These are excellent value - $7 for 24 hours and you can use them as many times as you like. The only restriction is a 30-minute time limit on each usage. Got some good footage on our new toy (GoPro) but haven't worked out yet how to upload it!
The Harley was delivered at about 7pm so I had a chance to familiarise myself with it by riding around the block a few times. Illinois is a "no helmet" state so I have to admit to doing the famil ride helmetless! There are more cycle riders wearing helmets than bikers! So we're all good to go.
The Met man is still forecasting thunderstorms tomorrow morning - apparently there has been serious flooding in Arizona. Hopefully that's not going to happen here.
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