August 16 -- south of the lake

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One last glimpse of the lake.

Lots and lots and lots of coal cars.  At present, we burn an unconscionable amount of irreplaceable fossil fuel to get us through our days..............

Huge piles of what I presume is coal.  And one little bitty solar panel (at right).  Wouldn't it be nice if there were way WAY more solar panels, and we burned a LOT less coal?

I told you, on our way here, that there were lots of factories along here that were clearly in operation, and that one clue to that was the number of rolls of steel we saw, waiting to be shipped elsewhere.  Here are some of them.

I like the colors on the side of this building.  I think they would make a good quilt.

Piles of coal, and wires..........

Some of the factories along the southern shore of Lake Michigan seem abandoned. 

Some are in much better shape.

River.  I shudder to think of all the pollutants that are flowing by here, right into the lake...........

Some of the factories look very well taken care of.

Coal cars, coal cars, and coal cars.  And wires.

And there endeth the pics of our Chicago trip.  I would have said I took a lot more pics on the way home, but I didn't.

We had a wonderful time in Chicago.  We'll go back.

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