One place that he and I liked to travel to was the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. Lots of smells for a dog. Of course I could only take him when they had their dog days. We went to one of those earlier in the year.
Here are some photographs.
My new "used" car, after someone rear ended my new car a few months back. I have always enjoyed the Soul, very versatile. I would fold the back seats down and allow Bubba to run around in the back and hang out the windows as we drove around.
One icon that Bubba and I enjoyed was going to this cut down tree, turned into a chair. Earlier this year we went there and Christi took our photograph. Bubba is never interested in having is photograph taken, which was okay. We (I) still captured the memory.
I stopped and took to a path. Having a bad foot keeps me from a lot of activity I used to enjoy. I needed the stretch and went down this path and photographed.
Though I had been back to Morton a few times, I basically just drove around and photographed. This time I walked behind the facility. I was surprised of the changes. A really nice place to bring a book and read near the running water. One of the pleasures my mom would have enjoyed, so I think I will do the same next year.
On the way back home I drove down IL-53. I do that a lot, just so I can pass through Joliet. My dad went to high school there. Since I was that far down I kept going, so that I could see him at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. He wanted to be buried there, and rightfully so. Both he and I were born in February. Me, on February 12th, sharing the same birthday as Abraham Lincoln. My dad served in the end of WWII as a flight engineer on a B-17 and a PBY Catalina. My dad has a fancy for seaplanes after that.
Next stop, the Polk-A-Dot Drive In located in Braidwood, IL. part of the old Rt. 66. This is a cool place with good burgers. Well worth a single trip to eat at.
I took the long way back, paralleling the Kankakee River. There was a truck ahead of me pulling a very wide load. That had to stop oncoming traffic and pull them over to the side to allow the load to pass. So, I chose to make some stops to photograph the river. The first couple photos you can see a couple guy wading and fly fishing (I think that is what they were doing).
This made for a long day, mostly driving. I enjoy driving. Gives me time to reflect, enjoy what is around, to be at peace.
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