13/52

Week 13 of 52
Navy Pier
Chicago, IL
USA

There is nothing like landing in the US and seeing blue skies, and sunshine, and the Midwest, and lots of Americans, and diet Mt. Dew, and pizza, and Mexican food, and watching a Coast Guard ship leave Navy Pier...

I arrived in Chicago at about 2:00 pm local time.  It was an uneventful trip which means it was a good trip.  I flew from Singapore to Hong Kong and then direct to Chicago.  It was a long trip but I had great flight attendants and was lucky enough to be in business class.  Here's a shot of my first view of the US...

I'm not sure exactly where this was because I took this picture in between sleeps...

After I got to the hotel and unpacked and cleaned up a bit I decided to head down to Navy Pier to get outside for a bit and enjoy the nice weather.

It was quite busy down at Navy Pier...quite a change from when Alan and I were there in March.  The weather was certainly nicer and this time I got to see a Coast Guard ship from Mackinac undock and head back out, presumably to head back Up North...

I cannot tell you how great it was to come back to the US and see a military ship heading back out and have all of the people...I mean every...single...person...stop and watch and applaud as they set back out.  I haven't seen that kind of patriotism in awhile and it makes me proud to be an American and glad to be back on US soil for a bit.