Our “get out of Des Moines because we are tired of the snow” Chicago trip was the first trip Heather and I have taken with a video camera. I don’t know if the results are really amazing, but we had fun shooting it at least.
For the most part it is video of us… and I guess if you want to see Chicago, I am sure there are plenty of pictures and videos done with more professional equipment you could look at. This video should at the very least provide something fun to look back on.
I wonder if youtube will be around, with a full archive by the time we have grand kids running around? I did save a local copy, but I am sure there will be challenges in keeping that playable over time.
One final note, there is footage of a bridge being lowered… you can also hear Heather laughing at me in the background… suffice to say I was fascinated, all the bridges are suppose to be able to raise and lower, but I get the impression that they don’t do so all that often. I was really excited to see one moving!
post production notes:
Virtual Dub proved to be a fairly painless way to trim out the garbage on the beginning and end of each of the videos. The only challenge was getting the video into a format it liked, but I figured that out when I did the cooking video a few weeks back.
I may need to come up with a more aggressive means of compression for these videos, the Chicago clip is eating 500 megs on disk! If only MPG4 was a more open and free standard /sigh.
-Jordan
Nelsons 
I’m not sure that just above freezing rain qualifies as an escape from snow, but hey, glad you were refreshed. The sights look interesting!
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3 things:
1) I really liked the bridge, so don’t listen to Heather. Cool is cool.
2) Shoulda stuck it out for the Shedd Aquarium. Pretty cool. Definitely a reason to go back some time.
3) Cabs are your friend in Chicago.
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