We came down to the Chicago area yesterday and spent the night in a La Quinta in Schaumburg. Schaumburg is about 35 miles from downtown Chicago and a bit north of O’Hare. Today we drove in to go to the Sears Tower and the Museum of Science and Industry.
They were both interesting but the museum was by far the best value. The Sears Tower costs $12.50 per person and if you park in the close-by structure it’s $10 the first hour and $8 the next. Of course they have it timed so you can’t see it in under an hour so you end up paying $18 for parking and $25 for two people to go up and walk around the skydeck for 10 minutes then back down.
I don’t mind the cost as long as I don’t have to do it more than once. I went up in the Empire State building but didn’t do the WTC before it came down. I understand there are now 2 or 3 buildings that are taller.
The MS&T was really nice. We didn’t spend near as much time as it would require to do it right but what we saw was great. They have a German U-Boat that was captured during WWII. Quite interesting. There was a lot of other stuff and much we didn’t see.
I don’t know if we’ll ever be back but if so we won’t spend money on the tower.
