Descriptions of photos

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The first picture is taken on the tour boat in Chicago. We were on the Chicago River at this point. It was an architectural and historical tour of Chicago, along the river and out on Lake Michigan. It was a perfect day for it!

The second picture was taken last Saturday in Detroit at the Henry Ford Museum. It is the actual bus (restored) that Rosa Parks was on when she refused to give up her seat to a white person. Hayley is sitting where Rosa Parks sat, and Marina is in the "white" section in front of her.

The next photo is also from the Ford Museum - do any of you remember the Oscar Mayer weiner-mobile??

The next one is the girls in front of Bob, of Bob's Big Boy fame (we sometimes called it Robert's Large Lad). They haven't had these restaurants in the west for some time, but they are still going strong in the midwest. I was once a Bob's waitress in Tucson, just for the record.

The next picture is in front of the Chocolate Haus in the Amana colonies in Iowa. They were settled by German immigrants in the mid-1800s and have been restored. Interesting history, quaint villages, good German restaurants, etc. The girls are drinking "cold hot chocolates," a specialty at the Chocolate Haus.

The final picture is at the John Deere pavillion in Moline, Illinois along the waterfront of the Mississippi River. We took a boat along the river and then toured some shops, etc. along the waterfront on both the Illinois and Iowa sides.

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