Fall Surprise
I thought they left a while ago gone till warmer weather returned. I was caught by surprise hiking on a misty wet day by a lake and marshes. I was […]
Tag Archives: hike
Summer Creek
The water is high in the creek after thunderstorms and rains, and current runs fast. I carefully walk a path by it because parts by the edge of the path […]
Images of Spring
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. Mark Twain Samuel Longhorne Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain, was a Midwesterner from Missouri […]
Quote for the Week
“I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread […]
15 Great Places to Hike in Illinois
It’s the climb. Fifteen great places in Illinois to hike hills, climb mountains, explore caves and see amazing bluffs, cliffs and waterfalls. Whether you are in Carbondale, Chicago, Peoria, Rockford or Springfield; here […]
Frankfort
“Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable.” Wallace Stegner Today’s post is a photo tour of an old country town with a lot of character. Old […]
A Walk in the Woods
This post is about a walk in the woods with photos and quotes, in sepia. For me, sepia-tinted pictures evoke an instant feeling of nostalgia. I look at them and […]
