Saturday, August 16, 2025

Day 3 - Chicago Air & Water Show

 We met for a 9:00 am breakfast again.  It’s a beautiful morning!

Then we prepped to leave the slip to find our spot for the day.  Today, we decided to stay within the break wall, a little further from show center but still in line with the flight path and likely a calmer anchorage.

The show started at 10:30 am.  It was incredible!  We enjoyed the water, the planes, lots of food and fun.  It was a fabulous day.










The show wrapped up around 3:30 pm and we headed back by 4:00 pm.  We have reservations at 5:45 but the forecast shows a storm system moving through right at the time we’d be walking to the restaurant so we cleaned up and headed out early.  We went to Chef Art Smith Reunion, which specializes in fried chicken and other southern cuisine.  It was a great meal! 

After dinner, we found Starbucks and Kilwins on our walk back through Navy Pier.  

Then we spent the evening indoors watching the movie Midway and admired the lightning show outside.  It was a fun way to wrap up a great day!