"There's a road I'd like to tell you about...

[emptysea]

No more photo stops on Lake Shore Drive, but not for the lack of opportunity. We could have stopped at The John Hancock Building, the black, monolithic building with the twin antennae. It was the tallest building in world outside of New York City when it was built in 1968. While there, we could have taken a peek at the deco-styled Palmolive Building which was one of the tallest buildings in the city when it was built in 1927. The single spire atop this building is capped with the Lindbergh Beacon which for decades guided aircraft to Chicago's Midway Airport. The beacon was ultimately shut down when residence in neighboring buildings complained. In the 1960's Hugh Hefner bought the building and it was known as Playboy Tower for 30 years.

After the architectural tour, we could have shopped the Magnificent Mile which isn't exactly a mile, but is actually quite magnificent. The Playboy Building...er..Palmolive Building and the Drake Hotel stand sentinel over the exclusive Michigan Avenue shopping district called "The Mag Mile". The Chicago Water Tower, which did not burn in 1871, is just down the street from these buildings, too.

Or Oak Street Beach is there, just off to the left. I think Veech was checking out a cute jogger or beach volleyball player in his mirror when I took this shot.

On the right, beyond the trees, is the "Inner Drive" and the buildings that you can barely see are among the most valuable properties in the entire city. It's part of what we call our Gold Coast.

We could have stopped at any of these places for a photo, but the sun was out, the traffic was light, and it was time to leave the tall buildings behind and head to the North Shore....
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BTW US 41 runs nearly the entire length of the country North to South. in 2010, my son and I and his FIL Jimmy rode to the northern Terminus in the UP of Mich as far north as you can go before hitting water (way up there) and I took this pic

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Yes, we took 41 home through Indiana on our way back from Deal's Gap. Straight and flat, but beat the heck out of I-65.