The alarm went off at 3:40 AM and we were out of bed, dressed and leaving Terraphobic shortly after 4. At that hour, it was sooo humid - we took Uber to Reagan Airport and already, so much traffic!
Sure enjoyed our time with Ryan and nice comfy bed. We'll see him on July 10th when we return to DC for a month on Catrina.
The capital wheel at night
We were listed on the 6 AM flight to Chicago, but it was oversold and they were asking for 4 people to please give up their seats. So we figured we would catch the 7 or 8:00 flights as they had more seats. United flies almost hourly from DC to Chicago. But, lo and behold, apparently several did not show up, no one had to give up their seats and we stand bys got on! Tah dah....we landed at O'Hare at 6:45 AM.
Got our rental car, stopped for a quick breakfast and off to Racine. We have not been here since September, 2010 and what fun driving around seeing all the changes (some good, and many others, not so good with lots of empty storefronts.) I shopped at Borzynski's and Milaeger's (and did some damage), we checked into our hotel and took a nap (the early hour caught up to us) and then off to have a late lunch at The Yardarm, always a favorite with their wonderful fresh walleye and perch and sand dollar potatoes. Oh boy..... just as good as we remembered. We drove around downtown and then parked and walked Reefpoint Marina where we had Sail Catrina for 12 years - sooo many happy memories of all those summer weekends hanging out with 6 other families from Bloomington who made the 3-hour trip every Friday night and then back home Sunday night.
Perch, walleye, sand dollar potatoes and BLT pasta
YUMMY
In years past, Chicago had their cows and Baltimore, its crabs among other cities promoting something in beautiful painted creations. Here are 2 of this year's sailboats here in Racine...
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