Beyond Chicago (10.09)

What can be done in 5 1/2 days?

A day in South Bend:

Aunt Courtney with Kellisa

Abby, Drew, Mark and Kellisa

Drew not liking my offer to remove his tonsils with a spoon for free

Two evenings at Tom and Andrea's Manor:

Kellisa, Lilly and Max (Tom in background)

Lilly, Andrea, Kellisa and Lisa

Tom and Chris spent an evening with Moonspell:

Lisa had lunch with Angie and Lisa from high school:

Kellisa visited Rolling Stones for the first time:

Lisa attended her 20 year high school reunion:

A day and most of a night was spent with three of Lisa's sisters:

Lisa throwing axes in Bob and Cindy's backyard

It's all good until Uncle Steve's nose is banged by Kellisa's head

Dom, Zoe, Kellisa and Cassie

Lisa had lunch with Lori, a college friend:

We visited Kellisa's Great-Grandma Kain:

We ended the trip with a Miley Cyrus concert at the United Center:

Kellisa using sign language to say "MORE!"

1996 Chicagoland Flood

An Illinois record was set on July 17 and 18, 1996 for rainfall in a 24 hour period. A total of 16.94 inches fell on the southwestern suburbs of Chicago, including Bolingbrook. About the only time we got lucky with our house in Bolingbrook was during this flood, our lot was actually high and dry. A part of me thinks we might have been better off if the house had flooded.

The entire area around our neighborhood flooded. Only high clearance vehicles had a chance of getting out of the flood zone. Lisa made it to work with our Isuzu Trooper. I stayed home with my Honda Civic and documented some of the flood in the pictures below.

Orchard Drive and Lily Cache

Independence School

Lily Cache

Looking towards Lily Cache & Schmidt

Park on Lily Cache

Park on Lily Cache

Lily Cache and Schmidt

Boughton & Naperville Road

Greenway off of Royce Road