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Location: Baltimore, Maryland On the way home for our nap, George detoured into a state park for a romp through a creek. - IMG 2329
Location: Chicago, almost Pip boldly goes where no marble-and-putty-painted-like-a-hippo has gone before: Pittsburg (because the pictures are not strictly in chronological order). - IMG 2334
State Number Something Location: Ohio Ohio. - IMG 2335
State Number Something + 1 Location: Indiana Notice how the sky is silver. It's Always Like That (thank you, industry, for your sweet, sweet pollutants). - IMG 2336
State Number Something + 2 Location: Chicago Well, it's not quite a "Welcome to Illinois" sign, but Chicago's the only place anyone would ever want to go, so I feel it counts. Welcome to Chicago (the "toddlin'" town). Also, the first encounter with Mayor Richard M. Daley. - IMG 2340
A.I. Location: Chicago Artificial Intelligence AND Art Institute (the latter being more relevant for this picture). - IMG 2341
Street scene Location: Chicago Not exactly Main Street, but not a bed reference shot of downtown Chicago. - IMG 2342
Lake Michigan Location: Chicago Waiting for the Art Institute to open, they jogged down to the lakefront to see the pretty water. - IMG 2347
Who IS Richard M. Daley? Location: Chicago Haunted by this man (he welcomed them on the highway, provided a complementary newpaper in the morning, and greeted them at the top of the Sears Tower), Bryan and Leslie--who had the vague impression he had been the mayor in the 70s--finally asked a friendly Sears Tower employee: WHO IS THIS MAN, WHO DOGS OUR STEPS? As it turns out, he had been the mayor decades ago, and now his son, also Richard Daley, leads the city. - IMG 2348
Location: Chicago Leslie at the top of the Sears Tower (and it only took an hour wait!), in front of a lovely view of smog. - IMG 2350
Location: Chicago Late night train stop, on their way to Gino's for a dinner of Chicago's self-proclaimed best stuffed pizza. - IMG 2352
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Big Art Location: Chicago Leslie, having taken the proverbial wheel behind the camera, makes Bryan pose in front of objects, scenic views, etc. Here he is in front of characteristic Chicago art. - IMG 2355
The El Location: Chicago The explorers wait for the train to take them to exotic (and dangerous at night) south Chicago. - IMG 2356
Moo Location: Chicago Leslie demands a picture in front of the cows and the milking machines. Something about family history... - IMG 2358
It's a...plane...? Location: Chicago Bryan looks at [something] in the Museum of Science and Industry--also the site of fascinating exhibits on the circulatory system, recycling, and AIDS. - IMG 2360
Location: Chicago Bryan is either fascinated by genetically programing his future child OR pressing the pretty buttons. - IMG 2362
Chinatown Location: Chicago On their way back to the heart of the city, our adventurers stopped in Chicago's lovely Chinatown to grab some lunch and look for a full dress suit for Bryan, to wear at all the formal, traditional Chinese events he attends. - IMG 2363
Distracted Location: Chicago Leslie would have bought the hat, but her sense of whimsy ran out 5 feet from the cash register. - IMG 2364
Hey! Location: Chicago What do you know? It's Bryan again, posing in front of something (a telephone poll--but a telephone poll In Chinatown). - IMG 2365
Root, root, root Location: Chicago That's right. They went to a baseball game--their first professional sporting events since childhood bonding with dads. But hey, it's Wrigley Field. - IMG 2366
Location: Chicago When it's been ten years since you were in a professional sports arena of any sort, even the concession stands are picture-worthy. - IMG 2367
Location: Chicago Hey, it's the field! [This picture tries to capture the sense that they were sitting in the Very Last Row. But in the classic old Wrigley Field, as in a Broadway theater, there are no really bad seats.] - IMG 2368
Location: Chicago Hey, it's still the field! In this shot, you might be able to see the crowds watching from the surrounding rooftops. - IMG 2371
Location: Chicago Hey, it's the pitcher getting knee-capped! [After gawking for a few minutes, they slipped out. They had officially watched half an inning of the Cubs/Reds game.] - IMG 2372
Location: Chicago Lake Michigan from the "Museum campus," home of the natural history museum, a planetarium, and an aquarium. - IMG 2373
Next Location: Chicago After the baseball game, they El-ed back down to the Field Museum for a little natural history, particularly a special exhibit on chocolate (sadly lacking in free samples). - IMG 2374
Downtown View Location: Chicago From the musuem. Of the city. - IMG 2375
Leslie and Sue Location: Chicago Said museum houses Sue, the largest and most complete Tyranosauras (just let the spelling slide, please) skeleton in the world. - IMG 2376
Home Location: Chicago Finally, a few shots of their hotel paradise, the Hyatt on Printers Row. Este es "the front door."