Good day folks, I’m going to be your tour guide. My name is Cathy

Let us begin.  Welcome to the Chicago-land area.  Called the windy city but not because it’s windy all the time but because of our politicians.  Today we are only going to see the tip of the iceberg in the amount of time we are given.  Hopefully in the future we’ll have a chance to have another session where we can explore some more.  I love my town.  I’ve traveled all over the world and while traveling away and visiting other countries I realized I had not taken advantage of what is in my own back yard.  Chicago has so many points of interest you could stay busy for a year going to all of them.

First stop is Chicago’s finest Lincoln Park Zoo.  Here you can visit with the animals.  No touching or feeding please.  They are well taken care of.  For the children there is a petting zoo you can visit later if you like.                                                                              I’ve always loved the cats.  I think they are beautiful creatures.   Next we are going to go to the Lincoln Park Conservatory since it right next door to the zoo.  If you like gardening, you’ll love the not only the flowers but the creative ideas you can get here.Let’s continue across the street to the  Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. There you will experience live butterflies and birds flying around you and then reptiles which are in their own environments. As we continue, We’ll head over to the Museum district where you can look North West over Lake Michigan and see one of the most beautiful lake fronts there is in the world.  Next time you join me we can stop at all the Museums not to mention Soldiers Field which is the Home of the Chicago Bears. As we head out of the city just a little bit we’ll stop at the Garfield Conservatory where they have 3 big greenhouses. Tropical rain forest, seasonal, and Desert.  These are a brief description but there actually is so much more to see.  Inside and out.We have one more stop today and it will be the to the Orchids By Hausermann  Greenhouses just West of the city.  They are the biggest Orchid seller in the State.          If you like orchids, you are going to love this place.  Thank you for letting me be your tour guide today.  I hope you all come back again.