Chicago's Green River

Here Diane enjoys the St. Patrick's Day turning of the Chicago River green with a few thousand people, which starts the day of celebration off. Of course the weather was what you'd expect if traveling to Ireland. It was foggy, raining and windy. Did I mention cold? A few people in a boat travel back and forth between the Michigan and Columbus street bridges spreading green dye into the river, as shown in the following picture. Another small skiff goes back and forth to help disperse the dye. As the dye boat goes by, the spectators cheer. We came back over the river later in the day, about 5-6 hours later, and the river was still green. I think a lot of the crowd were feeling the same this morning...