Walking the Streets of Chicago

On July 8, 2016 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Chicago, Photo Challenge4 Comments

Keeping with the theme of Chicago, we decided to use this photo from our trip this week for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Bridges. The streets of downtown Chicago, what is commonly called “The Loop” because it is the area inside of the elevated subway train tracks (The “L”). There are also several fun bridges that cross the Chicago River as well as a river walk. We took this picture as we crossed one of the bridges and thought that it captured the city’s architecture perfectly.

Just for the fun of it, we’ve also included this nighttime photo of a bridge in Paris that we really like.

Daily Post Photo Challenge – Opposites

On July 8, 2016 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Chicago, Photo ChallengeLeave a comment

After a very long drive home, we’re finally back from Chicago. It was, as always, an interesting trip with lots of sights and activities. We’ll talk more about our trip later, but for last week’s photo challenge, opposites, we figured that we would share a photo from our trip. As with any modern city with a historic past, there are going to be buildings set in juxtaposition with one another. There are many such examples in Chicago, but this picture that we took of the Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary is wonderful example of that contrast between old world architecture and modern skyscrapers.

Roadtrip to Chicago

On July 1, 2016 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Chicago15 Comments

Our posts my be a little sporadic over the next few days as we are making the eighteen hour drive from Colorado Springs to Chicago. We are visiting our youngest daughter and enjoying one of our favorite cities. Chicago has so many restaurants, museums, and sporting events that we’ll likely be very busy over this holiday weekend, but we’ll connect as much as possible. As the home of the first skyscraper, we absolutely love the architecture of Chicago, so we thought we would share a few photos from our last trip to the windy city.