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Chicago 2007
Date(s): August 9 - 12, 2007. Album by LM Logan. 1 - 63 of 63 Total. 1146 Visits.

1 Lisa and Adrienne at The Field Museum. We saw the Darwin exhibit. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/	2 Adrienne in front of the famous dinosaur called "Sue" at The Field Museum.	3 Adrienne's foot not as big as a dinosaur's!	4 Main room of The Field Museum.
5 Adler Planetarium on the left. Lake Michigan in background.	6 Harbor with Chicago skyscrapers. Ferris wheel at Navy Pier on the right in the distance.	7 Adrienne having museum fun.	8 Yikes!
9 Chomp.	10 The big dinosaur room at The Field Museum.	11 This covered one wall.	12 Chicago's famous Water Tower.
13 John Hancock building covered in haze.	14 Drummers do a street performance below our room ("Bucket Boys").	15 He was playing beautiful tunes amid the traffic noise on Michigan Ave.	16 Tour boat floats down the Chicago River below all the skyscrapers.
17 Sign on one side of the bridge that crosses the river.	18 Cool US mailbox on the street. R2D2.	19 The bandshell at Millenium Park. Free public concerts here once per week in the warm months.	20 Adrienne was fanning herself with this Abe Lincoln fan they were handing out at Millenium Park.
21 A band ("The Shoes") also played at this bandstand at Millenium Park.	22 We had dinner at this courtyard cafe at The Art Institute.	23 A table beside the fountain.	24 The fountain.
25 Naked sea nymph guys.	26 At The Art Institute.	27 She reluctantly posed for me.	28 Gustave Caillebotte's "Paris Street, Rainy Day."
29 The Crown Fountain at Millenium Park. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Fountain	30 Both towers show big lighted faces.	31 Then the faces spew water for a minute and the kids play.	32 Then the faces go away & the towers change color and lots of water falls down like a waterfall.
33 Then the face comes back and smiles for several minutes, then puckers up again and spews water.	34 The bandshell at night.	35 "The bean" at Millenium Park. It's like a huge bean shaped mirror. LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate	36 Adrienne looking at the skyscrapers reflected in the bean.
37 One side of the bean. Formally called "Cloud Gate" by the artist.	38 Another pic of us in reflected in the bean.	39 Our hotel from across the street.	40 Chicago Place shopping center graphic.
41 Me looking like the CIA.	42 Here you can get Chicago hotdogs with everything (sport pepper and tomato slices and bright green relish).	43 I liked this sign.	44 Still waking up, drinking a big coffee.
45 We went to the Observation Deck on the John Hancock Bldg. (94th floor)	46 Navy Pier.	47 A "beach" on the lakeshore.	48 More Chicago and "Chicagoland" from the Observation Deck.
49 Closer view of the Ferris Wheel and Navy Pier.	50 Skyscrapers below us.	51 Adrienne taking it all in.	52 Sears Tower.
53 More Chicagoland.	54 Water Tower below us.	55 We were just at the top of this!	56 A church's quiet courtyard right on busy Michigan Ave beside Bloomingdale's.
57 Everything was blooming and lush.	58 Beautiful sculpture in the courtyard.	59 Late afternoon flight back to NC. Sunset from the air.	60 Last peek at Chicago from the airplane.
61 Bye-bye Illinois.	62 Plane crossword to pass the time.	63 Here we are back home.

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