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the_rckScott and Cordelia have pretty much settled on Chicago for our trip destination. Cordelia has made a short list of things that she wants to do there, and Scott’s trying to allocate time for each thing. Three things are clustered together (the Field Museum, the planetarium, and the aquarium, if I’m remembering correctly). Two others lie in opposite directions from the cluster (the Museum of Science and Industry and Navy Pier. Scott’s not sure that there’s enough at Navy Pier to interest Cordelia now that she’s no longer five). The last one… Well, she said 'shopping.' We’re neither of us sure what she means. Tourist stuff? Some specific store that she didn’t think to mention?
We will have either two or three days there, depending on when we leave and what we can afford in terms of lodging. If we can afford it, I’d like to leave mid-morning on Saturday and come back on Wednesday. No matter when we go, I’d like to stop in Kalamazoo or Lawton to see my brother and my parents for a couple of hours on the way down. I can’t see driving past and not stopping.
We’re looking at a lot of different options for places to stay. We don’t want to spend a lot, but we also don’t want to have to drive three hours each way into the city. Scott’s sister suggested that we stay with some friends of their parents, but Scott doesn’t feel right asking given that we haven’t seen them in years. They send us Christmas cards, but we don’t send anybody Christmas cards. We don’t know if they have animals (deal breaker for me). Scott also would prefer to find a place with a swimming pool because he thinks that rates very high on Cordelia’s list of things to be excited about when we leave home.
I need to look at his suggested hotel options before he chooses because I may well end up just staying in the hotel room most of the time. I really can’t manage museums and tramping around (even if there are likely to be huge opportunities for playing Ingress), and I find benches and most coffee shops uncomfortable, both physically and psychologically, so I hesitate to go with the intention of sitting and waiting while they explore. I suppose Ativan might help. I don’t know.
Scott does seem to want me along for as much as is feasible. He hasn’t suggested trying to get wheelchairs at the various museums, but I expect he’s looking into that option. I’m just reluctant because, the last time we did that, I couldn’t see 80% of the exhibits from the chair. Also, I’m kind of wide, and wheelchairs at museums are often too narrow for me to actually sit. But me going along might make things like meals a lot easier. I’m sure we’ll want to eat out at least once, preferably somewhere that’s different from what we generally have here.
Anybody know Chicago and the area around it well and have recommendations of places to stay and/or places to eat and/or places for me to sit in air conditioning with wifi and an electrical outlet while Scott and Cordelia explore?
We will have either two or three days there, depending on when we leave and what we can afford in terms of lodging. If we can afford it, I’d like to leave mid-morning on Saturday and come back on Wednesday. No matter when we go, I’d like to stop in Kalamazoo or Lawton to see my brother and my parents for a couple of hours on the way down. I can’t see driving past and not stopping.
We’re looking at a lot of different options for places to stay. We don’t want to spend a lot, but we also don’t want to have to drive three hours each way into the city. Scott’s sister suggested that we stay with some friends of their parents, but Scott doesn’t feel right asking given that we haven’t seen them in years. They send us Christmas cards, but we don’t send anybody Christmas cards. We don’t know if they have animals (deal breaker for me). Scott also would prefer to find a place with a swimming pool because he thinks that rates very high on Cordelia’s list of things to be excited about when we leave home.
I need to look at his suggested hotel options before he chooses because I may well end up just staying in the hotel room most of the time. I really can’t manage museums and tramping around (even if there are likely to be huge opportunities for playing Ingress), and I find benches and most coffee shops uncomfortable, both physically and psychologically, so I hesitate to go with the intention of sitting and waiting while they explore. I suppose Ativan might help. I don’t know.
Scott does seem to want me along for as much as is feasible. He hasn’t suggested trying to get wheelchairs at the various museums, but I expect he’s looking into that option. I’m just reluctant because, the last time we did that, I couldn’t see 80% of the exhibits from the chair. Also, I’m kind of wide, and wheelchairs at museums are often too narrow for me to actually sit. But me going along might make things like meals a lot easier. I’m sure we’ll want to eat out at least once, preferably somewhere that’s different from what we generally have here.
Anybody know Chicago and the area around it well and have recommendations of places to stay and/or places to eat and/or places for me to sit in air conditioning with wifi and an electrical outlet while Scott and Cordelia explore?
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Date: 2016-07-21 09:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-21 09:38 pm (UTC)I should probably check on the availability of wheelchairs at various places myself. Our internet is much, much worse in the evening, so Scott doing it isn't as easy as it might be.
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Date: 2016-07-26 04:03 am (UTC)And if Cordelia has any interest in American Girl dolls, there's a store either in the complex or very near.
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Date: 2016-07-26 11:15 pm (UTC)