I really enjoy going to Chicago. Now that my daughter goes to school there she is familiar with public transit. Getting a 1-2 day transit pass is cheap. A couple of weeks ago the weather was nice, we jumped on the L at Harlem went to Navy Pier then hopped a bus to millennium Park ate, then took train back to River Forest. You see some crazies on the L but whatever. Similar experience going to Wrigley last fall. Parking is stupid expensive so avoiding that makes my dollar go a little further.