Discover Chicago-DAY FOUR

Lake Shore Drive Bridge

Day four of our Discover Chicago adventure was pretty decent. However, it was pretty wet when arriving at the Loop this morning until noon. The rain was on and off but later in the day it tapered off. We saw bridges around the Chicago River, visited a museum, and rode in a water taxi. In the end, today was decent.

Lake Street Bridge

We began our trek by walking toward the Chicago River under a heavy rain storm. All the rain gear that I had is just a poncho and a hat. I still got soaking wet. We walked along the Chicago River Walk until we reached Lake Michigan to meet our tour guide Jim. Jim told us some stories and facts about the bridges that we walked under/above the Chicago River. I especially fascinated about the story that he told us about a homeless person living in the support beams of the Lake Shore Drive bridge for three years! We walked along until we reached the area around Madison/Lake were we saw a couple of Metra trains entering Union Station. We later took a water taxi to Michigan Ave and got off to have lunch.

Wabash Ave. Bridge

We ate the famous "Billy-Goats Tavern." This place has some pretty good burgers. After lunch we made our way toward the bridge museum. This museum had a lot of information about how the bridges on the Chicago River built and how they impacted the surrounding areas. We went inside a bridge house and we also saw the massive gears that make the bridges go up and down. After that, we walked back to the CDM building and had Common Hour. Brenna and Amanda helped us answer all of our questions that we had about DePaul in general. Overall, today was a pretty decent but wet day. Also, I would say that this day is the pinnacle of this classes' purpose.