“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” —Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega—25 September 2014
Our road-trip adventure was freeing and exciting—definitely worthwhile! My favorite discovery at the National Air & Space Museum was that the Wright brothers were amateur photographers.
![<b>Staying power
Chicago Botanic Garden—3 September 2014</b>
I was pleasantly surprised to see a few hangers-on in the water garden. My lotus research revealed that, “[a]n individual flower from these plants will only last a few days, but a healthy plant can have several flowers blooming every day from June to August or even later.” Nice!](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-of-the-Week/2014-Photos-of-the-Week/i-xvwWL7s/1/3bc64e22/Ti/20140903_115045-Ti.jpg)
