Then, we would become a tourist most of the day, ending with dinner, and then make the 45-minute drive back out to our coach. We would plan to drive downtown to the Loop from the casino on a Saturday and/or Sunday to encounter the least traffic. They had a decent lot for parking large vehicles and always gave us permission to park there. On several annual visits up through 2008, we always stayed (boondocked) at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.
It’s always been a problem for RVers trying to visit the downtown area and we know this from several year’s experience. Military people can stay at Great Lakes Naval Training Center but that is nearly an hour drive to the Loop (downtown area) in heavy traffic. Even the “local” Cabela’s was 40 miles out in the suburbs.
The problem for RVers trying to visit Chicago is there are no RV parks within 1.5–2 hours from downtown. If you are a shopper, the possibilities are endless.
