Road Trip
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Meet Gabriella and Taylor freshly graduated from college and ready to take on the world. These two girls as been friends sine birth and are about to go on their very first road trip. Follow them as they reveal secrets, find love, travel across America and have fun in doing so.
Chapter 2
"Wow," gasps Gabriella and Taylor staring down the Magnificent Mile.
"According to my guide book it has 460 stores, 275 restaurants, 51 hotels, 2 unique museums," says Taylor
"I don't think one day is going to be enough for all this," says Gabriella
"Well about half of the stores we won't go in," says Taylor
"Well were going to try and go in a lot of them," says Gabriella
With cash and credit at the ready the two girls get ready to shop their hearts out. Going in clothing stores, stationery, jewelry, bag, hat, shoes, art, photo, food and many more shops. They stop for lunch in one of the restaurants and carry on down the mile.
When cash supplies start to dwindle and the girls feet start to ache. They decide to head back up the mile to their hotel, to get ready for there shoreline sightseeing firework tour.
Before there firework tour the girls had a very nice dinner in their hotel before heading down to the river side to board the same boat they would board the next day for there architecture cruise.
Over the next two days Gabriella and Taylor took over 550 hundred photos each adding to their Detroit ones.
Taking at least 50 on the firework tour. At least 300-350 on the magnificent mile. About 50 on their architecture cruise, 50 on the navy pier and the other 50 in Millennium Park.
These photos all quickly went on laptops in the evenings and in the car and when in a stable areas were uploaded onto facebook in their own folders.
Millennium Park was the other place to take the girls breathe away in Chicago, the peace yet busyness of it was such an unlikely contrast.
The last place on their list before they moved on was Navy Pier.
"Navy Pier located on Lake Michigan, just east of Chicago's Downtown, the Navy Pier in Chicago has been a Chicago landmark since it first opened in 1916. Originally designed as both a shipping and recreational facility, the Pier also served as a military training site during two world wars, a venue for concerts and exhibitions, and the temporary home for a once-fledgling University of Illinois' Chicago campus. Today, Navy Pier showcases a unique collection of restaurants and shops in addition to unequaled recreational and exhibition facilities.
The Family Pavilion is anchored by the 50,000-square-foot Chicago Children's Museum and Navy Pier's 440-seat IMAX Theater. It is also home to 40,000 square feet of exciting restaurants and retail shops. Just beyond, visitors discover the Crystal Gardens, a 32,000-square-foot indoor botanical park, which provides a year-round center for family activity and special receptions. The South Arcade is home to numerous shops, restaurants, and attractions, including Transporter FX, Amazing Chicago, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Navy Pier Park is an outdoor landscaped area which features attractions such as a permanent 150-foot-high Ferris wheel, a musical carousel, an old-fashioned swing ride and an 18-hole miniature golf course. Navy Pier Park also includes the 1,500-seat Skyline Stage, which features musical performances ranging from classical to pop, blues and jazz to eclectic, rock and reggae, as well as dance, theater, comedy and film. Dock Street runs the length of the Pier's South Dock and is reserved for pedestrians, bicyclists and joggers. In season, four performance areas feature entertainment ranging from jugglers, mimes and stilt walkers to comedians, singers and musicians. Chicago's dinner cruise ships continue to operate from Dock Street. And, on select summer evenings, fireworks entertain the Pier's evening visitors," reads Taylor from her guide book.
"Taylor we've not got long we won't have time to go to all of those places," laughs Gabriella
"Oh I know it just sounds so wonderful," says Taylor
Laughing the girl's link arms and wander do the long pier.
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