Sept. 18, 2019
The lions and tigers are in London for two years because their house here is being remodelled. The paths are revamped but difficult to navigate – i gave in to the lady who wanted to give me a map at the end. No sea lions, but the seals were out (i have shots of many animals, but am learning to post pics on the new blog, so please bear with me.)
It’s really quiet there – the place is nice, but i get the sense that the heyday of the Zoo has passed by. Seems taken for granted now.
Great to see the blue fish and a wet baby hippo, and some of the birds. Next time i go, i’ll visit the Rookery at Fullerton and the beautiful view of downtown from the bridge over the lagoon at the south end. And the Farm in the Zoo – a favorite place!
My feet, and everything else, were sore enough, and by golly the characters on the Clark St. and Irving buses! We had to get off the Irving bus on the way there. The bus driver (who i knew) whispered to me ‘fire light went on’ – whoops, everybody off! Long wait for all the buses, got to see Wrigley from Clark St.. Will go there again and get off at Addison and do a photo shoot.
But i sure got my exercise on a beautiful late summer afternoon in Chicago.
Glad to hear yourself and the others weren’t injured on that bus, Sir. And, you did get some good exercise out of it. For me, the neuropathy has come out of remission and relapsed. I hope it doesn’t get as bad as it did in 2012, sometimes poor Gee had to push me in a chair, it was so painful. So far, I use a cane, sit as much as possible, use my tans unit on it, and also the patches, it all helps to mask the pain. I love your description of things were you were – powerful – puts me right on that bus, and on your walk, and I’d like to see that view from that bridge!