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More Chicago - Lake Day & Architectural Tour

Found the Beach Today has been slightly lower key with less walking. I got up and hit the treadmill for 3 miles then used their cable machine for a few upper body exercises. Guess it's better than nothing at all. After I ate breakfast, we headed to the lake. We went with the smaller, 12th Street beach. When we first got there (just after 11am), it wasn't terribly crowded as you can see. That changed of course as time passed.   The water looked so fresh and inviting (despite how it looks in the pictures, which didn't turn out so hot). But I was in for a huge shock when I stepped in. Freezing! I'm used to our lakes this time of year being very warm - almost not even refreshing actually. So I was in for a rude awaking stepping into this lake. I don't know how people were out there swimming. We had packed our lunch and ate there. It was really enjoyable, relaxing (minus screaming, yelling kids LOL). We stayed for about 2 hours before heading back to the hotel. M...