At the top of Devil's Lake Despite the lack of reporting, I'm still going on my Friday adventures. Most of the photos from my Shawnee trip were lost in a tragic OneDrive accident that also claimed a lot of my work on the re-edit of The Opening Night Murders. I had a backup of the… Continue reading Not much to report
As these Friday adventures have continued, my strategy has become clearer. I want to hike trails in the morning and early afternoon. Then, I want to visit towns in Illinois that I've never been to...which is most of them. Yesterday, I started off with Humistan Woods. It was difficult finding the place. There were multiple… Continue reading Humiston Woods and Pontiac
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 