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Nature walk after the 2011 Blizzard

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Chicago Green Living Examiner
Chicagoans enjoy the snowy beach Feb. 2, 2011.These pictures were taken after snow, high winds, and low temperatures shut down the city of Chicago midweek.North bound Lake Shore drive deserted mid-day Wednesday Feb 2, 2011.These pictures were taken after snow, high winds, and low temperatures shut down the city of Chicago midweek.South bound Lake Shore Drive deserted mid-day Wednesday Feb 2, 2011.These pictures were taken after snow, high winds, and low temperatures shut down the city of Chicago midweek.9 photosView the full slideshow »
Chicagoans taking a walk on the lakefront after the 2011 blizzard.These pictures were taken after snow, high winds, and low temperatures shut down the city of Chicago midweek.

Living a green life style means enjoying nature in all its many forms. This can be difficult in Chicago, where the dark, cold, windy days can challenge even the most die-hard Chicagoan to question why they live here.

It can take an extreme weather phenomoenon, like the 2011 Blizzard,  to mix up the monotony and make winter in Chicago seem fun, exciting, and potentially life threatening. On Febrary 1st and 2nd 2011 high winds, snowfall and cold temperatures shut down the city. When the winds settled, this examiner took a nature walk along the lake front near Navy Pier to see Chicago in its state of hibernation.

View slideshow: Walk after the 2011 Blizzard

View the picture slide show of the walk to see other Chicagoans out enjoying the sun and snow, ice sculpures, a deserted Lake Shore Drive and icey cityscapes. 

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Ice penguns love the blizzard
Ice penguns love the blizzard
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Charlotte Taylor

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Charlotte Taylor is a freelance writer. She earned a Master's degree from New York University in 2009 and a Bachelor's degree from Loyola University in 2007. She enjoys urban living, trying to get a garden to grow on her window sill, and saving over 45% on groceries by combing coupons with in...

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