Chicago!

We made it to Chicago after a long day on the road -- about 7 hours (including stops) -- and met up with an old college friend of Denise's. We did a walking tour of the Lincoln Park neighborhood and ate outside at a small local bar/bistro then called it an early night. We're currently parked on the neighborhood street trying to look like we're not really camping/sleeping in the van. Traffic and pedestrian noise has picked up and we're feeling a little self-conscious of a need to lift up our shades and potentially re-park the van so we're not in front of a construction site. We're planning to move the van then park it for the day and do a bike riding tour of the lakeside of the city today.