Walk in Chicago

The Metra

It is a nice way to travel it was five dollars for the weekend! The ride proved to be much more relaxing than I thought and the scenery was great. Next time I take the train I will be more prepared with reading material and headphones. My ears were charged with the sound of the horn, I was in the first car. Wake up Maria! When we arrived at Clyborne it was rainy windy and cold, I should have dressed much warmer. This is the wilderness of the city, greeted by garbage and graffiti. This is no Savanna the plants here are hanging on walls of cement, small fragments of green here and there. The only sound of a waterfall is a missing gutter. Ugg advertisement on street wall reminding me I need to be wearing Ugg’s and sitting in front of the fireplace. Cigarettes buds on the ground? Why do people do that? Smoking is bad for you and littering is not nice. Pigeons always seem to find a home; they are the seagulls of land. The noise level here is thundering like surround sound. Traffic is everywhere trains, airplanes Highway 294. As if the noise pollution was not enough, piles of unwanted metal are being shuffled around by a huge red and orange crane, it looks like a giant spider walking. You can never get lost in Chicago. Just look at the horizon and you know you have to go east. The street started to hum and the smell of hot metal was in the air. We were at Finkl & Son’s Factory. The employees of Finkl were watching a huge metal caldron with red hot molten steel, which seemed to drown all the traffic noise. The garbage no longer on the street just clean and tree lined, and easy transition to Sheffield the garden district of Chicago with more restaurants and coffee shops for the convenience of residents and visitors. Bicyclist, kids on skateboards and people running with their dogs. The trains above me like a roller coaster at Great America. The street now filled with perfect four story apartments in all colors they are so close together they seem attached. This unique district is a commodity for those who could afford to live here. To enjoy the finer things in life all within walking distance from home. The traffic here is people. A Bicycle or walking is the best way to get around this neighborhood.