Chicago McCormick Place Marshalling Yard โ that's its "official" title โ is dry camping, emphasis on "dry", in a parking lot for $35/night. Not that easy to get to BUT it is just south of downtown and, using the EL train, accessible to the entire city. There is active security patrolling. BE AWARE: If there is an event at McCormick Place you will be turned away. CAUTION: Do NOT take your rig down Lakeshore Drive! You WILL get a ticket! At least, you will if you head north on Lakeshore; toward downtown. Going south, toward Indiana, I think you'd be OK.
Our go-to campground is
Fish Lake Beach Resort in Volo, IL. Yes, it's a couple driving hours out, BUT we drive into the Dempster/Skokie [Yellow Line] CTA station; about an hour's drive from the CG, pay $3 to park [plan to pay $25+ for parking if you take the car into the city], buy a 1- or 3-day CTA pass and hop the train to Howard Station and x-fer to the Red Line, which goes ALL the way downtown in about 1ยฝ hours ...and WAY less if you wanna stop off at Wrigley Field/Addison Station and catch a Cubbies' game!!
I'm getting tickets to opening day/1st home game next year!
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Watch your tail swing... Keep the greasy side down and keep it 'tweeeeeeeeen the ditches, Y'all!
John E. Baker, III & Sally Baker - The Traveling Siblings!
Co-pilots: Llasah Lilly, Brown Daschie Chloe and Tuxedo Foots
