City Girl, Day Two: The Zoo & the Lake

THE LINCOLN PARK ZOO






On day two of our big city trip, we headed out to the Lincoln Park Zoo. This is Mallory's first trip ever to the zoo and she was all smiles the entire time. Although I am certain that she didn't have any idea what she was looking at, we still had a great time. We saw a ton of animals and got some great pictures. It was difficult for me to just pick a couple to post.

We also made sure to take a little bit of video on our trip. Here is a short clip of us trying to get Mallory to notice the penguins. No such luck...



THE LAKE




After our day at the zoo, we decided to go home, relax, and then go to the Lake for a cookout. We ran to the grocery, grabbed some hot dogs and burgers and headed down to the lake. It was a beautiful, cool evening that seemed to be full of surprises.

We had two locations in mind for our cookout. We drove to those locations, only to find out that there was no parking. Apparently everyone in Chicago had the same plan that we did that evening. So, against our better judgment, we drove down one more exit. Surprisingly, there were plenty of parking spots at this spot. We parked, unloaded, and set up camp. While we were there, we came across teenagers up to no good (that insisted on sitting right in front of us as if there wasn't enough lake to go around) and an irate lady screaming obscenities at the top of her lungs. Although it was incredibly entertaining, Erin flagged down an officer and requested that he try to get her to be quiet and considerate of the many children that were around. She finally left, but she will forever be in our memories. Despite the distractions (or what some would refer to as entertainment) we had a great time and Marc prepared us some fabulous eats.

After a long day and evening we headed back to the house to call it a night. That was day two. Day three to come.