We got out for a short hike in the Sandia Mountains
Some of the finale at the city fireworks display
Chicago Visit
Two evenings while here we had to seek shelter in the basement due to tornado warnings. One night 3 touched down in Chicago, 7 others were in nearby communities.
The Chicago skyline
The Chicago skyline at dusk
Chicago Visit
The Field Museum
A dinosaur skeleton
This dinosaur wanted to taste the roses on this wedding decoration
T. Rex Sue found in South Dakota
A Maori meeting house
Other Sites
A mummy at the ISAC Museum
We went to dinner in China Town
The Art Institute of Chicago
American Gothic
A Tiffany window
The Greek Antinous as the Egyptian Osiris
Looking to Millennium Park from the Institute
The Shedd Aquarium
Michael touches a sting ray
A Pacific White Sided Dolphin
A penguin in the penguin pool
A Pacific Octopus
A Leopard Shark
A freshwater Puffer
A Paddlefish feeding
Cerianthus anemones glowing under blacklight
The Chicago Botanical Garden and Jackson Park
A fountain at the botanical gardens
One of the waterfalls in the gardens
Roy, Argo and Michael
The English Garden
A view in the Japanese Garden at Jackson Park
In a prairie planting at Jackson Park
Camping at Dungeness Recreation Area in Sequim
Our camp
Sunset over the Strait of Juan de Fuca
An evening card game
It is the Lavender Festival. We stopped at one field
