Bryan and I headed home via I-80 for 10 days over Christmas and New Years. We were in Chicago, Madison, Champaign and places in between. We stopped by his family’s farm, cemetery and the woods he grew up hunting in. There’s been so much rain that the rivers are flooded which causes the trees to stand in these huge lakes of water. Cool photos, but wonder what it’ll be like in spring.

I sometimes need to be reminded to bring my camera with me just for me, and Bryan does a good job of that. I can definitely be lazy about shooting when I’m on vacation, but this day made me realize that I need to shoot for me way more often.

And only one of these photos was turned to black and white. The sky photos – well, that is just the color of the Midwest sky in the winter for 6 months straight.