A Chicago Walk

I have to say, so far on this trip, my two favorite days are the days where I do nothing but walk around, explore and photograph. On a gray overcast day in Austin, I walked the west side and got some great city shots of grit, grime and graffiti.  Today, I spent three straight hours walking this great city, stopping only long enough to take shots of the city with big shoulders.  This is a robust, muscular, masculine city. It seems to be even more compact, with more tall building than Manhattan.  Looking down the street in any direction from the corner of Adams and Clark and I feel as if I am standing at the bottom of the grand canyon of concrete.


I started off by heading back to Union Station to make sure I know where to go tomorrow.  It's a big station and I'll be carrying my 70 lbs of gear.  After that I headed along the river north, then over to Millennium Park, Chicago's version of Central Park.  It is an amazing space, and it makes me want to come back in the summer. I headed for the Navy Pier but from what I could see it looked like a bunch of  carnival rides.  So I decided to head back south, along the lake to the other end of the park.  As Solider Field was on the south side of a stack of museums there, I pushed on.  I as able to get close to the stadium, but I could't see the field.  It was still cool for me to see what the typical Bears fan would see on an NFL Sunday as they head to the stadium.


I must have walked 6 miles today, but it was great.  Unfortunately, the photographs do not do justice to the city, the camera can only capture so much. The rest is in my dome.

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