Hobo Highway

The train tracks curve to the south before crossing the river in Galena, Illinois.

Lattice

Deep in thought at Millenium Park in Chicago, Illinois.

Illinois Back Road

Tooling around the back roads of western Illinois, we dodged high water from the floods as we headed from Galena to Nauvoo.

Nauvoo, IL

After many detours due to the rising floodwaters of the Mississippi we finally arrived in Nauvoo, where Joseph Smith and the Mormons settled after being driven from Missouri. It was here that they set up shop and created a successful community that operated autonomously from the areas around it. Later Smith was killed and the Mormons were forced to leave Nauvoo and ultimately resettled in Utah.

They've Landed!

"Cloud Gate" Millenium Park, Chicago, Illinois June 2008

Maybe I was the only one who didn't know about this thing but what a cool surprise to walk up a rise in Millennium Park in Chicago and come across this! The abstract reflections are from standing underneath and looking up.