RVing full time

But what I like most is the food.

My mom and I really like to talk about what kinds of main dishes we want to order when we go to nice restaurants.

When we went to Elements in Pittsburgh, I let her pick for and I loved the meal.

However, when we went to Heaven on Seven in Chicago to celebrate our friend Dalia’s birthday (Karen’s Mom),  I was way over on the other side of the table, so I went my own way.

Me and everyone at Heaven on Seven Restaurant - look at all the hot sauces!

Heaven on Seven is a Louisiana-style restaurant which has hundreds of hot sauces all put together on a wall!

There are tons of hot sauces to choose from and my favorite one is  smoked tabasco hot sauce.

Lunch

The food that I had at Heaven on Seven was called ” Southern Fried Chicken”. It is fried chicken with mashed potatoes, vegetables, and creamy lemony gravy.

The gravy was the best I’ve ever tasted! Yuuummmmm!

Me devouring my Southern Fried Chicken with savory lemony gravy!

The gumbo was pretty terrific too……

I approve of the Gumbo too!

Dessert

What I had for dessert was a pie, but it was no ordinary pie. It was a peanut butter chocolate pie and that was one of the best desserts I have ever tasted.

The second time we went there we ordered the dessert sampler and that had 9 kinds of desserts on it! I tasted my first pecan pie and loved it, but I still think the peanut butter chocolate pie is the best.

The dessert tray at Heaven on Seven (peanut butter pie is on the upper right by the way)

Heaven on Seven is such a good restaurant! It is SO good that I begged to go there again! And we did!

Eating dinner at Heaven on Seven the second time we went!

We went there twice during our time in Chicago. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone who visits Chicago, even if you’re not living in an RV full time like we are!

My favorite restaurant is Heaven on Seven!

That is my review on Heaven on Seven!

Write a comment below and tell me what you think. What was YOUR best meal ever?

Me at the Sears (aka Willis) Tower

There are lots of things to see in Chicago when you’re RVing full time, but the sky deck at the Willis (aka Sears) Tower is the best of them all.

It is THE one thing that you HAVE to see in Chicago. This is because when you are up on the Sky Deck you can see everything from a baby to the Jon Hancock tower.

Me looking out the telescope at the Willis Tower

The Willis Tower from the very bottom its HUGE!

There is also something that is called “The Ledge” it is a box that is glass 180 degrees around you.

Unlike my dad, I LOVE heights and it is cool that  you can see directly down on people who look like ants.

Me chillaxin' on "the Ledge" at the Willis Tower

Another thing you have to see is Wrigley Field, the second oldest ballpark in America.  We were lucky to get tickets to the Cubs game. The Cubs game was great!

Me, eli and Mom at Wrigley Field

I got a hat that has a bear on it and a 12 inch hot dog. My brother got a rally monkey with a mohawk for his rally monkey collection he started when we first went RVing.

My brother Eli's Cub rally monkey

I have wanted a Cubs hat for several years because when I was little I had a Cubs hat that I wore every day. It got  lost when we moved a few years ago.

Me wearing my Cubs hat taking a walk near "The Dunes" of Illinois

The third thing that you should see when you’re RVing full time in Chicago is the water tower and all the other cool buildings on Michigan Avenue.  The water tower is especially neat because it has pictures of the city in 1871 BEFORE the Great Chicago Fire. The water tower is one of only two buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire.

Chatting with Uncle Andy at the Water Tower cafe...Dad even let me have soda!

While RVing to Chicago, we stayed with our friends, Karen and Andy.  I really liked being with them.

The RV even took a break for a week at Karen and Uncle Andy's

Special thanks to them for the tour around Chicago, playing with us in the pool, taking us to the fireworks and for all their hospitality!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We love you Karen and Andy!

At the Willis Tower with Karen

The flag ceremony with Uncle Andy

Having vanilla milk at Willis Tower

Me, Eli, Mom and Dad at the Willis Tower with very brave Karen!

All of us at Heaven on Seven Restaurant

Me and Eli with Karen

Karen and Uncle Andy at U2...I wasn't allowed to go though...

Post a comment below and tell me about the most wicked cool place you have been to. Thanks!

At the "What you talkin about Wills?" Tower Ledge

When RVing full time, you get to see some really cool stuff, no doubt. You also end up doing some things that are normally way out of your normal comfort zone.

Go cross country for a year alone with your family, in a mechanical contraption that you have no idea how to operate?

Uhhh, no problem…fear conquered.

But there are so many more….

But isn’t a big part of living a really full life experiencing new things, doing things out of your comfort zone and “stretching” yourself?

So in that vein, one if the coolest and most frightening things we’ve done so far was going out onto “The Ledge” at the newly re-named Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) in Chicago.

It’s a totally glass shelf that stands nearly 1200 feet above the streets of Chicago. they just added it in the past few years and its worth the $45 family fare to get in to see it.

For someone petrified of heights (always have been…and spiders, but that’ll be another post on another day), my knees are still weak just thinking about it!

Check it out:

The kids were less afraid as you can see…

Alex and E chillaxin at 1200 feet above the streets of Chicago

Although the kids were thrilled by this high elevation adventure, we were not as much. But we are so glad we did it.

So when RVing full time, you end up doing a lot of things that you’re no so comfortable doing.

The good news is that once you stare down fear and “just do it”…the payoff is fantastic!

Post a comment below and tell us what you think? What fears do you have that you might want to conquer at some point in your life?