going cross-country: anyone in Denver? STL? KC?

[dubkitty]

after i left Colorado i was kind of wack, knowing that the trip was going to be over and worrying about what would become of me. i wound up driving through most of the night from CO into KS and from east KS through most of Missouri. driving into MO i became obsessed with trying to get pictures of the moon, which was just past full.

[dubkitty]

eastern Missouri.

crossing the Mississippi River at Hannibal, MO.

[dubkitty]

crossing the Illinois River.

autumn colors near Macomb, IL.

the trip's last sunset, Starved Rock State Park, near LaSalle, IL.

[dubkitty]

wildflowers overtaking fallow field, north central IL.

Maple Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District, outside of Chicago. i used to fish here with my Dad when i was a kid.

between Maple Lake and Red Gate Woods, CCFPD

[dubkitty]

Lake Shore Drive, North Side of Chicago:

Lake Michigan, approximately 5100 N. this is the end of a circle that began in 1979 when my first wife and i, who lived in an apartment a few hundred yards from this spot, decided to leave Chicago...back then i used to walk the short distance across the park and under Lake Shore Drive to this spot and variously party, contemplate, and/or watch the waves shimmer in the moonlight.

on the rocks, worse for wear but finally done for the moment:

[snipelfritz]

Now you're a Midwest ILFer. One of us. One of us. One of us...

[Big Mon]

Man...this is a tough thread to beat. Wanderlustin'

[dubkitty]

when i look at the photos i want to go back on the road, too.