Sunday – September 7, 2014 64 Degrees & Sunny
It was a short drive from Elgin to Oak Park, Illinois and we arrived in time for the 10:40 tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio. The famous American architect lived in the house with his family from 1889 to 1909. What a treat to see where he lived with his wife and six children and the nearby office where he created his wonderful designs.
Frank Lloyd Wright House
The Octagonal Studio
Frank Lloyd Wright bought the property, then designed and built the house with adjoining work space. He was a young architect who was at the beginning of his illustrious career. Some early design elements were used in theses structures for which he later became famous. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and informative. Wright also won clients in his neighborhood and there were many houses nearby which were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Visitors can take a walking tour to see them.
Neighboring House
Prairie Style House
Another Frank Lloyd Wright Design
We didn’t have time to see all the Frank Lloyd Wright houses in Oak Park and we hope to return some day. The tour guide had said that many of the houses are open to the public in April. A few blocks away was Ernest Hemingway’s boyhood home. We drove there but it had a Sunday afternoon opening, so we left. We definitely have to come back to this neighborhood again at another time. Back on the road, we passed the grand city of Chicago.
Chicago Skyline
It was too far to drive the distance from Chicago to southern New York, so we had to stay two more nights on the road. By now, we were eager to get home. We had been traveling for twenty-four days for a total of 6,000 miles. We continued through the farmlands of Indiana on the interstate and stopped at Maumee, Ohio for the night. Then we passed miles of cornfields before we reached DuBois (“Doo-Boyz”) Pennsylvania for our last night on this journey.
More Farms in Illinois
Lunch Stop at Muchos Buenos Mexican Grill in Ohio
Farm in Pennsylvania
Welcome to New York! Yahoo!!!!