I enjoyed walking through the Chicago Loop at midday, with the cityscape dominated by skyscrapers and the Chicago River, and filled in with workers eating lunch and hurrying to their offices, the Elevated trains screeching overhead, and yellow cabs sounding their horns.
Then it was time for the train ride north through city neighborhoods and green suburbs, past factories and office parks, and into Milwaukee. From there a quick ride past lakes, farms, rivers and wetlands took me to Columbus, where our daughter picked me up for a ride home dominated by train stories.
It was a great trip, but it's always good to be home.
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| Midday at Federal Plaza in the Chicago Loop, with sculpture by Alexander Calder and buildings by Mies van der Rohe |
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| The Third Ward on the Milwaukee River just south of downtown Milwaukee, where warehouses have been converted to offices, stores and condos |
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| Pewaukee Lake, west of Milwaukee |
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| The Empire Builder getting ready to head west from Columbus, Wisconsin (I won’t be on it ... for now) |
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