Alone

My mom and sister watched the boys one day while Eric and I took a boat tour on the river and even out onto Lake Michigan. It was very touristy, but really cool. We learned all about the architecture of the buildings and here's the most awesome thing I learned:

Everyone used to throw all their waste into the river- including factories. A long time ago. In the 20's or something, they decided that was really bad for lake Michigan, so the city tried to clean out the river. After two failed attempts, they actually reversed the river's flow! Then Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio took Chicago to court because they thought that eventually, this would drain Lake Michigan. The trial lasted 38 years! So, they came up with a solution: The Chicago Lock. There is only one way in and out of the river, and that is through double locked sort of door, where they raise and lower the water to make sure not too much water leaves the lake. I thought this was really cool. Kudos to you if you read this far.