Backlogging

Hello from Madison! We've done so much in the last few days that I could only get in days 1 and 2 in the first post. Sunday we spent in Chicago again. First we went to the Shedd Aquarium. Our legs hurt from walking all over and from still being sore from Saturday. We loved the frogs and geckos, they had a komodo dragon special exhibit, too. He was biiiig, and laaaazy. He didnt move ooooonce. Then we had lunch at the Bongo Room, which was a breakfast-only joint, so we really just had a second breakfast. but it was sooooo good. The place was super-chic and the sweet breakfast items looked like decadent desserts. We had an amazing avocado-y breakfast burrito. Definitely a place you should try if you're in the area. on Roosevelt near museum campus.
Next we went to the Museum of Science and Industry. That place was so huge, we couldn't cover all of it. we probably only saw half of the exhibits. They had all the miniatures from this season of CSI on display there, it was really awesome to see things from one of my favorite shows in person. They also had a huge be-a-CSI exhibit, but we were stupid and didnt get tickets in time. We saw some other great things there. They had the U-505 German U-boat and the whole thing was inside! We saw an omnimax show Hurricane at the Bayou about Katrina and New Orleans wetlands. They had an enormous working model train display, Devin insists it was 3,500 sq ft. They closed the museum and kicked us out before we saw everything we were interested in. I'll have to make another trip. At least we got to eat astronaut ice cream. After that we went to find the Robie house, a Frank Lloyd Wright treasure, in Hyde Park. On the map it seems close to the museum, but we walked about 20 minutes before we even found the street it was on. We treated ourselves to a bus ride back.
We returned to Millenium Park via the red line and strolled across the BP Bridge, a big twisty metal pedestrian bridge. We walked to Buckingham fountain, it was big. Devin lost his camera case. No one was surprised. We backtracked all over but it was gone for good. We mourned. Then we rode the blue line back toward O'Hare, got in the car, and drove to Racine. We made it to our hotel around 10:30pm and crashed.