Riding

An absolutely beautiful morning in Chicago - I don't know how it could be any better. Temp about 66 - clear blue skies with a few clouds along the horizon over the lake. A soft cool breeze. Riding along Lake Shore Drive was almost heavenly. Relatively light traffic - no horns honking.

The lake had small waves with tiny whitecaps as they hit the sand. The sun glimmered off the water at about 7:30 am. Mayor Daley's flowers proudly waved as I drove along - each stretch of road had a different color - beautiful yellow, reds and some blue. Grant Park was fresh and clean after the end of The Taste. The white masts of the sailboats in Monroe harbour were quietly marching along in place. The Field Museum stands proudly at the end of Grant Park with its banner telling all of its current exhibits.

After heading around the curve and heading south, it was a comfort to be going that way instead of north as that side of the Drive was backing up severely. Oh, to when the Ryan project is completed. As I continued south I could see the tips of the smokestack towers in Indiana and the workers who are always in a section of the median, trimming, weeding, and replanting.

Very peaceful all the way to Hyde Park as I let the Type A's speed by in the left lane while I toodled along in the middle. The man selling bananas and apples was there in from of the Museum of Science and Industry with his green safety vest on this morning. Some day I need to stop in the small median there and make a purchase for the staff.

Anyway, all at peace with the world this minute. Too bad this feeling can't be shared with everyone, everywhere.

Take care.