After a long wait due to river flooding, I finally got to go back and explore the Des Plaines River Trail. Or in the case of this post, the MacArthur Woods Forest Preserve that it passes through. Its fall and the leaves are changing. Its been many years since I have gotten the chance to experience a proper fall. Florida
The Des Plaines River was flooded and I had the day off. What was I to do with all my free time? Start a new type of Blog featuring trains? You bet. This time I rode the North Central Service from end to end. And all so I could write about the places that this train travels through. I wish
I wanted to go on a hike, but due to several rain storms, the Des Plaines River Trail was flooded. Rather than wait for nature to do whatever it wants anyway, I decided to start with the next trail I had always meant to check out: The Robert McClory Bike Path. This trail is quite different from the Des Plaines
I took longer than I meant to, but at long last, I returned to Old School Forest Preserve to check out a park I passed while hiking on the Des Plaines River Trail. There are many different paths that make their way through these trees. The park has lots of winding paths and hidden green spaces too. This is a
Back on the trail and eager for another hike, I returned to continue hiking the Des Plaines River Trail. Des Plaines River Trail 7 was not part of any forest preserve, and only passed alongside another state park. This section also had a lot less mosquitoes as it moved away from the Des Plaines River. There was a lot to
I mentioned in my last post that I had passed by a park on that hike. And so for this adventure, I went and explored Adler Park. Part of this place overlapped with my last post so I did my best to focus on the areas I didn’t explore last time. There was of course a lot to see and
I went back on the Des Plaines River Trail an traveled away from Independence Grove. Beyond this park I found my way to another one. Wilmot Woods Forest Preserve was the next location on my adventure down the trail. There was a lot to see and like many other locations on the trail, there was a lot to look at.
As promised, I returned to explore the Independence Grove Lakeside Trail. This adventure took place on my birthday, and following that tradition, I found somewhere stunning to explore. As not promised, I once more went the same direction around the park. Unfortunately, like the the last few times, this created a few places with duplicate pictures. This time though, I
As I mentioned in my last post, I was going to spend some time at a park that the Des Plaines River Trail passes through. Said park has many different places to explore. And so I started my adventure with the Independence Grove Overlook Trail. My dad came along on this adventure as this is a park he has spent
As I promised, I found time to explore more of the Des Plaines River Trail. Specifically Des Plaines River Trail 6 in regards to this blog. I started on the other side of the flooded bridge from last time. And as the picture that will be the first anyone sees when reading this, it was still flooded. In fact it