CRUISING CHICAGO (Or When Country Dogs Go To The Big City)

 Lucy and Katie's first boat ride and first trip to the Windy City. All things we anticipated that could go awry did not and a few things that never occurred to us did!

We made it into the city in record time under cloudy skies (saved us from heat stroke) and made it to the dock with time to spare.

The fiberglass seats were a little slippery for the two fourlegged girls, but they soon got their sea legs and particularly enjoyed the cruise out past Navy Pier and Soldier Field.

After the boat docked we headed down the river walk to the stairs which would take us up to Michigan 

Avenue. The the trouble began. Katie got half way up the open staircase and balked. She tried to run back down the steps just as a tidal wave of tourists were coming up. Karen and Lucy were already at the top of the stairs calling to her, I was hanging on to the railing and her leash which, at this point, was wrapped around my legs and I was getting nowhere. I was certain that Katie and I would be spending the rest of our vacation wandering the catacombs of Lower Wacker Drive. Katie finally realized that her sister was looking down from the top of the stairs and we were able to bolt up the final flight. PHEW!!!!

We headed up Michigan Avenue until Lucy spotted pigeons she thought were put there for her sport and entertainment and she was off to the races. Karen managed to hang on and immediately made Lucy do 100 sits and downs before moving on. We continued toward Navy Pier where we were going to have lunch at Harry Caray's. But, it started to sprinkle so we decided to take the girls home and take ourselves out to dinner.