Robert got out very early this morning to find us some coffee. He found the Dunkin’ Doughnuts/Baskin Robbins a block away was open early, and apparently an historic site now!After breakfast we walked the few blocks towards Lake Michigan, crossing over Lake Shore Drive (LSD) and were surprised to see not cars, but BIKES on the road!

It was incredibly QUIET too! The skyline of downtown Chicago in the background to the north.

We walked around ‘The Point’ as I know it, officially Promontory Point. Back in the day most of the Point was off limits because there was a military radar installation there for a nearby Nike Missile site in Jackson Park. I was aware of the radar site, but I didn’t know there were missiles so close! It was the Cold War era! Read more HERE. It was also a site for anti-war protests during the Vietnam War/Hippy era! The radar installation was removed by 1974.

After our walk down memory lane for me, we attended the wonderful wedding. Very casual, warm, fun and affirming! Congratulations Myriam & Carl!

We took a walk around the ‘old neighborhood’ of Hyde Park, south side of Chicago.

The beautiful courtyard apartment buildings are typical of this area. I imagine they are condos now!

The many single-family houses are very diverse. The neighborhood was built in the late 1890’s and some of those houses are still around, with many modern houses and apartments buildings added over the years. Love this dog just watching the world go by out his window!

On Sept. 3 we got on our first flight since June, 2019! We returned to Chicago via Seattle for a family wedding!

The flight from Bend to Seattle gave us a view of the incredible amount of smoke in the air from many wildfires! And a view of the lack of snow cover on the Cascade mountains! I think this is Mt. Saint Helens in the foreground and Mt. Rainier in the background.As we approached Seattle, we got a view of the Space Needle!