Our family loved the glass enclosed balconies that were recently added to the 103-story Skydeck of the Sears Tower.

On the 30th Day of the PapiBlogger Family Road Trip, the Ruiz clan visited Chicago’s fun McDonald’s roots, ascended the Sears Tower and rode the rides of Navy Pier.

ROCK N ROLLING IN MCDONALD’S

BEFORE: This 1955 Des Plaines McDonald's is the one McDonald's visionary Ray Kroc established to grow the franchise.

AFTER: The ultra sleek Rock N Roll McDonald's restaurant is one of the company's flagship ones.

Our family’s first stop of the day was at Chicago’s world famous Rock N Roll McDonald’s which is where we hosted a McTweet Up.  The Rock N Roll McDonald’s is a flagship restaurant/museum that has a Rock & Roll exhibit in a building adjacent to the restaurant and a small upstairs McDonald’s museum display.  The building features the first two-lane McDonald’s drive-through, a gelato station in the second floor, luxurious decor, a café and plasma display flat screen televisions.

While at McDonald’s we treated the Bakers family of Indiana to breakfast and asked them to share their recipes for successful family road trips.  The accompanying YouTube video features their tips. (more…)