Here is the next chapter in our moving saga. The photo above nicely captures the chaos that filled our apartment in Chicago during our final days in it.
A slightly more organized stack of boxes ready to be loaded into the mega rental truck.
Our last weekend in Chicago our friends Ben & Crystal & Abby came into town. Here Lena (right) and Abby (left) shake it up on the swings while Crystal provides the push. It was great to see them again before our departure from the midwest (they live in nearby Madison, WI) and we spent some time beginning to scheme about a camping trip at some point together in CA and/or OR.
Ramsey came down to Hyde Park monday before our move on (Wednesday) for dinner and to help with Lena while we ferociously packed. Here are some photos she took of their adventures.
Lena riding the tottery-thing at the playground like it is a wild bronco or a space shuttle.
Playing with stones at the tea garden in Jackson Park. We really love these photos!
Another shot in Jackson Park.
After a few hours we all met up and headed out for thai food around the corner from us.
We ate our food at "The Point" - a park located near our old apartment - on the shores of Lake Michigan. Here Lena encircles us and the thai food like a rabid animal (actually she was practicing her somersaults). It was a fitting location as this park is where we'd first met up with Ramsey when she applied to take care of Lena last fall. It was really great for us all to get together again before we left town.
The evening ended with us sitting by the water disposing of a few random slabs of rock that didn't need to be hauled all the way to CA. Splash! Splash! Lena loved all of it so much and afterwords danced up a storm on the sewer(?) covers.
Here are a few photos a day later, taken on our last bike ride up the path that parallels the lake. We rode up as a break from packing and hung out for awhile at the beach near 30th street. Here is the view towards downtown.
A day or so later we met up with a bunch of friends at our apartment, loaded up a 22 foot long moving truck, and Paul, Treat and Riley, and Paul's friend Susan drove off into the sunset while Morgan and Lena flew the following day out to CA where they met up with Mark & Becca in Santa Cruz. Morgan has already posted the photos of their adventures en route to CA and in Santa Cruz and in the next day or so we'll post some photos Susan took of our adventures between Chicago and Grand Junction, CO where Susan stopped to visit a friend.
Here is the next chapter in our moving saga. The photo above nicely captures the chaos that filled our apartment in Chicago during our final days in it.
A slightly more organized stack of boxes ready to be loaded into the mega rental truck.
Our last weekend in Chicago our friends Ben & Crystal & Abby came into town. Here Lena (right) and Abby (left) shake it up on the swings while Crystal provides the push. It was great to see them again before our departure from the midwest (they live in nearby Madison, WI) and we spent some time beginning to scheme about a camping trip at some point together in CA and/or OR.
Ramsey came down to Hyde Park monday before our move on (Wednesday) for dinner and to help with Lena while we ferociously packed. Here are some photos she took of their adventures.
Lena riding the tottery-thing at the playground like it is a wild bronco or a space shuttle.
Playing with stones at the tea garden in Jackson Park. We really love these photos!
Another shot in Jackson Park.
After a few hours we all met up and headed out for thai food around the corner from us.
We ate our food at "The Point" - a park located near our old apartment - on the shores of Lake Michigan. Here Lena encircles us and the thai food like a rabid animal (actually she was practicing her somersaults). It was a fitting location as this park is where we'd first met up with Ramsey when she applied to take care of Lena last fall. It was really great for us all to get together again before we left town.
The evening ended with us sitting by the water disposing of a few random slabs of rock that didn't need to be hauled all the way to CA. Splash! Splash! Lena loved all of it so much and afterwords danced up a storm on the sewer(?) covers.
Here are a few photos a day later, taken on our last bike ride up the path that parallels the lake. We rode up as a break from packing and hung out for awhile at the beach near 30th street. Here is the view towards downtown.
A day or so later we met up with a bunch of friends at our apartment, loaded up a 22 foot long moving truck, and Paul, Treat and Riley, and Paul's friend Susan drove off into the sunset while Morgan and Lena flew the following day out to CA where they met up with Mark & Becca in Santa Cruz. Morgan has already posted the photos of their adventures en route to CA and in Santa Cruz and in the next day or so we'll post some photos Susan took of our adventures between Chicago and Grand Junction, CO where Susan stopped to visit a friend.
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