One of the Many Reasons I Love Chicago

While the kids and I were in Chicago this summer we decided to try a twist on our usual summer game of looking for license plates from all the different states while driving on a road trip.  This time we decided to see how many different states we could find just in the fabulous city of Chicago.  We found a whopping 48 out of 51 possible US license plates (including Washington DC)!  Here's the best part: of those 48 plates, we found 45 of them within walking distance of my parents' house.  Amazing!  We managed to spot the missing 3 within the next week as we continued our travels: Munkus and I found Hawaii in the town of South Charleston, WV; Montana appeared in the church parking lot in Chesapeake, VA; and the last holdout was Vermont, but we squeaked it in in on our way home, finally seeing it just 1/4 of a mile from our own front door.  Phew!  My dad found us an awesome iPhone app that keeps track of the plates you see on a little map.  It's fantastic.  We did lots of fun things in Chicago, but the license plate game was really one of the highlights for me!