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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.

eastern Missouri.





crossing the Mississippi River at Hannibal, MO.

crossing the Illinois River.



autumn colors near Macomb, IL.



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

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

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:

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

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

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