{"id":1226,"date":"2013-07-19T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/19\/pix-or-it-didnt-happen\/"},"modified":"2013-07-19T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T02:40:00","slug":"pix-or-it-didnt-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/19\/pix-or-it-didnt-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Pix or it didn&#8217;t happen!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, here are some photos that I took in Chicago and in Galena when <lj user=\"elsaf\" \/>, <lj user=\"judiang\" \/>, and I got together the past week.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cell Phone Wars\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/185090\/185090_original.jpg\" title=\"Cell Phone Wars\" width=\"375\" \/><br \/> Elsa and Judi and I engage in a simple game of &quot;Cell Phone Wars&quot; &#8211; I think I won cuz I got &#39;em both in one shot! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p> <lj-cut text=\"Chicago Pix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elsa on the boat\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/185508\/185508_original.jpg\" title=\"Elsa on the boat\" width=\"375\" \/><br \/> Elsa awaits the boat ride to see the Navy Pier fireworks.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Judi on the boat\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/185724\/185724_original.jpg\" title=\"Judi on the boat\" width=\"375\" \/><br \/> Judi also awaits the fireworks on the boat. I probably had the same expression that she did that night.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Night Pier Shot\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/185895\/185895_original.jpg\" title=\"Night Pier Shot\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/> Navy Pier at night.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"American Gothic\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/186174\/186174_original.jpg\" title=\"American Gothic\" width=\"375\" \/><br \/> Seeing this painting at the Art Institute of Chicago was even neater after seeing the 3D version at Troy&#39;s Sculptures on the Square exhibit. <\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chicago at Dusk\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/186371\/186371_original.jpg\" title=\"Chicago at Dusk\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/> From our second night time boat ride, the city of Chicago at dusk.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chicago Haze\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/186698\/186698_original.jpg\" title=\"Chicago Haze\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/> A shot from my morning bike ride. I&#39;m probably 6 miles or so from Judi&#39;s place when I took this photo.<\/lj-cut><\/p>\n<p> <lj-cut text=\"Galena Pix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Me and the Mississippi\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/187084\/187084_original.jpg\" title=\"Me and the Mississippi\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/> You can see my shadow (and that of the sign beside me) as I look over the Mississippi near Galena, IL. That&#39;s Iowa on the other side of the river.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chestnut Mountain Resort\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/187286\/187286_original.jpg\" title=\"Chestnut Mountain Resort\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/> The front of the resort we stayed in near Galena, IL.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"High Foot Bridge\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/187533\/187533_original.jpg\" title=\"High Foot Bridge\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/> We had to climb up to the top of the levy to get to this foot bridge to cross the Galena river and get to the town proper.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lots of Stairs\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/187713\/187713_original.jpg\" title=\"Lots of Stairs\" width=\"375\" \/><br \/> I never did get a good enough shot to really get a feel for how high up the stairs go in Galena. I think Judi got a nice one though.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Galena from the Bridge\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/188090\/188090_original.jpg\" title=\"Galena from the Bridge\" width=\"500\" \/><br \/> A shot of Galena from atop the foot bridge.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Grant Our Citizen(s)\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/1436328\/188375\/188375_original.jpg\" title=\"Grant Our Citizen(s)\" width=\"375\" \/><br \/> From the size of this photo, you can&#39;t hardly see the caption on the statue, but it says &quot;Grant Our Citizen.&quot; I had to get Judi to pose in front of it, of course.<\/lj-cut><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, here are some photos that I took in Chicago and in Galena when , , and I got together the past week. 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