Big River State Forest
The final park for Labor Day Weekend 2025 was Big River State Forest. This park is nearly 3,000 acres of wooded area, about 3 and a half hours west of Chicago, or an hour south of the Quad Cities. The original piece of land was the 200 acres known as the Oquawka Refuge, which was…
Nauvoo State Park
The third day of our Labor Day Weekend trip for 2025 brought us to Nauvoo State Park in Nauvoo, IL. This park is about 4 hours and 20 minutes southwest of Chicago, or 2 hours south of the Quad Cities. This park is very small, only 148 acres located right in the middle of the…
Argyle Lake State Park
The second day of our Labor Day weekend trip had us going to Argyle Lake State Park in Colchester, IL. This park is about 4 and a half hours west of Chicago, or an hour and 45 minutes south of the Quad Cities. The park used to be known as Argyle Hollow, and was part…
Fresh Air Friendship 