Havana tug Boat

We had a fun photo trip this week ,,,I polled my facebook friends for our next location ,,,My friend Ted Connolly suggested we hook up with his friend Evan Houghton for a tug boat ride on the Illinois river in Havana,,
Evan works for Tanner Towing ,,a tugboat service on the river ,,,they taxi barges that have been filled at the Havana ADM , CARGIL and FS fertilizers plants to there waiting spots for fleets to pick them up they also take empty barges out of the fleets to be filled in Havana
Going in, I knew I was going to enjoy the trip and was hopefull on getting some good pics,,We did have fun,,, Evan was full of info and his partner Terry was a nice guy too ,,We didn't bother the captain too much ,,he was busy keeping the boat going where it was supposed to go

Chicago
This is my favorite trip yet,,,we left Springfield Tuesday,,,had a awesome hotel room at the Palmer house just a few blocks from Millennium park

first thing we did was hit the street took a few street shots ,,,saw a couple of bums then headed to Millennium Park,,,as we arrived  at the park we found out they had a ice rink and they were having a special lightshow ,,,good timing!!!

after that we headed out into the city in search of fun and good photos ,,,it was alot of driving around and didn't catch much,,
we did however find Wriggly field and a few other cool spots but not to many photos,, 40 foot tall Marilyn Monroe was a must,,,and since she was so tall upskirt shots were easy

the next day  we got up and went down to check out the lake front,,,also we headed over to the Observatory at the John Hancock  center

final part of the trip was a stop in China Town