This Friday's adventure was truncated. Here in the midwest, we had a little over 24 hours of poor air quality due to wildfires up in Canada. I did my 12,000 steps outside on Thursday morning and it wasn't too bad except for the smell. By the afternoon, the air was thicker and probably too unpleasant… Continue reading Kankakee River State Park
This week's trip was to the White Pines Forrest State Park in Oregon, Illinois -- I swear, Illinois has a city named after every state. According to my mother, I went there 48 years ago for a camping trip. Considering I was only two, I don't remember much. On this trip, I spent 3.5 hours… Continue reading White Pines Forrest and a quick stop at Lowden
James Scott Byrnside 