By bus, it is a long ride home from Chicago. The morning breakfast stop did bring glorious light.

Last day in Chicago and the kids got to play tourists – above is the water feature at the Rainforest Cafe, below the clock and central dome of the Shedd Aquarium.

After their parade performance, the kids in the band were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner cruise and dance. A small dance floor and several hundred exuberant children made for a different statements of thanks.

In Chicago, chaperoning the kids marching band which was invited to the McDonalds Thanksgiving Day Parade. Which is kind of cool and disorienting, just like the inside of the Bean.

One lone cup, a leftover from the last home game of the season.

The boss and I took advantage of an empty campus and headed downtown for lunch. Walking back on a beautiful afternoon, we wondered why we don’t head out for lunch more often.

Then we both returned to our office where a year’s worth of work awaited us and we remembered.

Cruising by at 55, I saw a line of Nissan 300ZX cars. How I saw them sitting in the lot of Z-1 Motorsports, I have no idea … but you can’t just pass that up.