With the season drawing to a close and the cold weather looming, we wanted to get a couple more parks in while we still could. The ones we did that day were Illini State Park and William Stratton State Park, mostly for their small size. We started our morning by driving the hour and a... Continue Reading →
Apple River Canyon State Park: A Galena Trip, Part 1
Our big plans finally started with this trip. We knew that the majority would require overnight stays, and this was the first one we planned. We decided to focus on the Galena area, because that was the town we were in when we first came up with this project. We also knew that area would... Continue Reading →
Rock Cut State Park: “When birds sound like squeaky doors”
While planning the schedule for our trips, Labor Day weekend was a little hard to decide where to go. We knew that all parks would be more crowded than normal, and didn’t want to go somewhere that the amount of people would be too overwhelming. We also didn’t want to go somewhere too far, and... Continue Reading →