#2 son and his wife lived and worked downtown for 8 years before moving back home. It's a town for young people, they loved it, but when granddaughter #1 came along, they knew it was not a place to raise kids. We would visit them about 3 times a year, go to the Loop for dinner then a play downtown.
One night we were awaken by gun shots close by their apartment, next morning I asked about them, he said some drunks were out shooting at rats, no big deal.
In HS we were a 3 hours drive from there, we were known to leave about 5 and return about 3AM, lots of fun spots for us back in the early 60's.
In HS our Science Class took a field trip to see the Science & Industry Museum , we were done with the visit about 12:30 and our teach said go see Chicago, have lunch and be back to the bus by 4. You can't do that today with a bus load of teenagers,
Sky, that lake behind you is great for fishing, browns, lakers, about 3 different kinds of salmon, perch, small mouth, walleye are just a few,most require a boat though.
Congratulations to your daughter and their future.
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