Our day downtown

Since we've had a couple bursts of beautiful weather the last couple weeks, we decided to venture downtown for the afternoon, our first trip there with Dane. The construction on 290 made the drive less than excellent, but we still made good time and we worked it out so Dane would nap for the first part of the drive. We parked, got a quick lunch at Subway, where Dane was, as usual, the center of attention. Then we headed to the lakeshore and after walking for an hour or so, hung out for a bit at one of the parks on Navy Pier. Dane seemed to love watching all the people around us and while he hates having the sun on his face, still refused to keep a hat or sunglasses on for longer than a few seconds. We had fun sitting on the grass, watching the lake and birds flying by. After that, we headed back toward the car, walking along the path Mark runs when he does the Chicago Triathlon. It's a really long distance! Finally, we got back to the Millenium Park area, and sat down for some late lunch for Dane. Guac...mmmm. After playing in the fountains for a while, we decided it was time to head home. Dane had some very sleepy eyes, and so we packed him up and rolled out. All in all, a very successful day. Dane was great, better than we expected, so we're going to have more trips like that to look forward to as summer heats up!