Cowtown Vettes - NCCC Convention - 6/21/11



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Convention Chairperson: Dave Heinemann

Co Chairperson: Larry Pagliaro

Tinley Park, IL

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

2 Vettes, 9 Cowtown Participants

Participants

Jim & Donna Forsythe

Sylvia Hoaldridge

Doc Lambert

Debbie Lindsey

Doug & Glenda McMahan

Scott & Mo Wheeler

Photos labeled were provided by Doug & Glenda McMahan

Tuesday Morning
	The parking lot was fairly empty since today was also Drag Racing - we had booked the Chicago Tour before drags were switched to Tues so we went ahead and enjoyed Chicago

Chicago Tour Bus Trips they had booked tour buses so attendees could enjoy Chicago Tours any of the three days from Tuesday thru Thursday - very interesting


	we passed Grant Park while on the buss and noticed Agora, the headless statues, some 106 cast iron figures ... H 9 ft. each... weighing eleven hundred pounds each .. created in Poland

	Our bus driver was great - he took us to the pier just north of Soldier Field, so we could get photos of the Chicago skyline with the Navy Pier in the background ...then it was off to our drop-off point, just north of Millennium Park

	The architecture in the city varied from very old and historic to the most modern you could imagine


	The Aqua building was very unique, hard to figure out what is going on until you study it. The illusion you first see is caused by the very unusual shaped balconies

		we walked to Navy Pier from the drop off point - some underground as you see here - the daylight is normal street level

	Out on Navy Pier, there were some great photo options with all the history, water, southern breakwater lighthouse and crib, etc.


	...but wait Doc - they didn't have these on fighter planes ;)

	From Navy Pier we took a water taxi back to the Magnificent Mile (expensive shops)

		we walked past lots of historical building and landmarks on our way to grab some lunch

Lunch - traditional Deep Dish Chicago Pizza at Giordano's ...WOW! it was all Glenda & I could do to eat three pieces of a 10"

	Back at Millennium Park we stopped by the Crown Fountain - The fountain consists of two 50-foot glass block towers at each end of a shallow reflecting pool.
		The Cloud Gate was a popular piece of Art - it is a 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel



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