Chicago’s lakefront is one of my favorite things about the city, especially when you get a glimpse of the Chicago skyline in the background. Even before I had seen the ocean last summer, I kind of had an idea what it would look like, thanks to Lake Michigan, which is really more of an inland sea than “just a lake!”

I was especially glad that the children had seen the ocean last year, so that they could compare the two. The waves on the lake were a bit smaller, but they agreed that the general feeling was the same…especially after they saw all of the boats out on the water!