The morning after the massive January 1967 blizzard in Chicago, nothing was moving on the streets. Cars, trucks and busses were all stuck in the snow.
And I had to get to work in the LaSalle Street financial district.
My plan was to walk several blocks from my apartment on Lake Shore Drive to the subway which would get me about 3 1/2 blocks from my office.
I managed to walk three blocks to Michigan Avenue and as I arrived, a huge articulated front end loader pulled up and the driver yelled “I’m heading downtown. Want a ride?”
I said yes and he told me to step into the front scoop and off we went. He offered others the same opportunity and before long there were seven of us standing in the scoop!
He dropped me within two blocks of my office. Fun memory!
The Disney monorail.
The morning after the massive January 1967 blizzard in Chicago, nothing was moving on the streets. Cars, trucks and busses were all stuck in the snow.
And I had to get to work in the LaSalle Street financial district.
My plan was to walk several blocks from my apartment on Lake Shore Drive to the subway which would get me about 3 1/2 blocks from my office.
I managed to walk three blocks to Michigan Avenue and as I arrived, a huge articulated front end loader pulled up and the driver yelled “I’m heading downtown. Want a ride?”
I said yes and he told me to step into the front scoop and off we went. He offered others the same opportunity and before long there were seven of us standing in the scoop!
He dropped me within two blocks of my office. Fun memory!
Ox Cart in Cambodia.