NORTHERLY ISLAND WITH MY DAUGHTER

One of my favorite places to hike around Chicago is Northerly Island. Northerly Island was once the home of a small airport which our previous Mayor bulldozed away in the dark of night nearly 15  years ago. It was turned into a beautiful quiet park with stupendous views of Chicago. My daughter who has accompanied me many times on urban hikes has wanted to keep the hiking to the city streets. Finally, she agreed to join me in Northerly Island.  I would hope that she will hike with me there more often. It is a great place to take pictures and a great place to enjoy some moments of solitude for a city dweller.

'Panoramic' view of Chicago skyline from Northerly Island.

Your Food Diary For:

Saturday, January 14, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Omelette - 3-egg Omelette With Cheese, 3 eggs	425	0	21	28	650	2
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon	160	0	12	12	700	0
Trader Joes - Hash Brown Patties	260	28	16	2	500	0
	845	28	49	42	1,850	2
L U N C H
Cabbage Soup	400	41	1	9	313	23
Pepperidge Farm - Sourdough Bread	300	55	4	10	550	5
	700	96	5	19	863	28
D I N N E R
Bob Evans - Blackened Whitefish	300	8	11	43	3,612	1
Broccoli Cheese Casserole	400	19	27	27	790	1
Fire Roasted Corn	200	32	15	5	404	3
	900	59	53	75	4,806	5
S N A C K S
Dark Chocolate Coconut Chews	400	40	28	4	50	26
	400	40	28	4	50	26
Totals	2,845	223	135	140	7,569	61
Your Daily Goal	4,314	539	143	216	2,300	161
Remaining	1,469	316	8	76	-5,269	100
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,384 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Saturday, January 14, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
THIRTEEN MILE URBAN HIKE	199	2,192
Daily Total / Goal	199 / 30	2,192 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	647 / 210	5,445 / 4,130

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from wikipedia.com

Meigs Field was demolished by a mayor Richard M. Daley in 2003. It is now Northerly Island in 2010.

Meigs Field Airport alongside Burnham Harbor in 2002, before its demolition.

Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport (ICAO: KCGX) was a single runway airport in Chicago which was in operation from December 1948 until March 2003, on Northerly Island, an artificial peninsula on Lake Michigan. Northerly Island was also the site of the Century of Progress (1933–34) in Chicago. The airport sat adjacent to downtown Chicago, the second largest business district in North America. Meigs Field airport was closed when the then-mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, ordered the runway destroyed, with bulldozers, without the thirty-day notice required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations.

Meigs Field airport was opened on 10 December 1948, and, by 1955, had become the busiest single-strip airport in the United States. The latest air traffic tower was built in 1952 and the terminal was dedicated in 1961. The airfield was named for Merrill C. Meigs, publisher of the Chicago Herald and Examiner and an aviation advocate.

Northerly Island, owned by the Chicago Park District, is the only lakefront structure to be built based on Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago. The island was to be populated by trees and grass for the public enjoyment by all.