Chicago: What harm can one cow cause?

Yesterday we mostly spent traveling to Chicago, meeting with the family for dinner, and hitting the gaming place of 'Dave & Busters' for a little while. In the moring we piled into the rental van and headed to Gary, IN where Kristen's parents bother grew up. It is unfortuate how bad the place had gotten and the desolate feeling. We could tell that both of them were moved as they brought back childhood memories of how the place used to be and what had happened ever since they left. We had breakfast with Kristen'smother's aunt before heading to the dunes at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. We walked around for a while and exhausted ourselves a bit runningup and down the dunes. After getting back to chicago, several people went shopping while I walked around and explored a bit, finally making my way to Melinneum Park to the location of the 'Cloud Gate' sculpture in the park. We hit the 'House of Blues' for dinner a a bit of Jazz before finishing for the evening.

Today Kristen and I headed to the 'Taste of Chicago' and enjoyed trying some of the various foods offered by local restaurants and eateries in the street near Buckingham Fountain. Following that, we headed to the planetarium for the afternoon after a brief pause near the field museum to find a geocache. We didn't have a lot of time and quickly went through the exhibits and a movie as we had to get over to the Navy Pier to meet the rest of the family. Our timing as great as well were able to get the seats for the group just as they arrived. After eating, we got in line to board the jet boats for a harbor ride just before the big fireworks boat. We were given some bad seats, so the view was fairly obstructed, but the rest of the group seemed to have a great time and enjoyed the different experience.
The video below was taken from the boat, so there is a lot of jerky movement, but one can get a decent idea of where we were and the view we had.