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I wrote last month about a day spent wandering around Milwaukee with my camera. I have some photos scanned now.

I started on the Hank Aaron trail

The other side of the river has some less interesting sights:

and some more interesting buildings:

Plants can grow anywhere, from barbed wire

to pavement

Birds clearly perch on this tire on the riverside:

There are interesting things stored in the maintenance yards along the trail:

There is a Marquette athletic field with lights:

This is as far as I could go. The concrete on the right was once a rail line, I think. The water to the left is where the path is:

Along the way I saw some work in progress:

Some parts of the Milwaukee river are pretty, like this section with a kayaker, photographed from the 6th street viaduct:

Some areas are uglier:

There are some other interesting places, like this parking lot:

There is a roundabout at the end of the 6th street viaduct. It has a blinky arrow sign

Though it is strapped to a light pole, it was apparently easier to use a solar panel than to tap into the power grid:

I spent a few years in the electrical and computer engineering department. Can you tell?

I’m fascinated by the old outside fire escapes:

While I was on the 6th street viaduct photographing fire escapes, a train arrived at the Amtrak station: