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
I didn’t waste any time and went right back to exploring the world. This time I checked out Des Plaines River Trail 5, or the fifth part of my adventure that featured just the trail alone. This segment alongside the last one are among the most nostalgic places in my childhood. I ran cross country down this segment of the
Now that I am all situated, there was a trail just waiting for me to go check out. But before I return to the Des Plaines River Trail, there was a park that I chose to check out, that took me down memory lane. Let’s take a look at Gowe Park. A place a adjacent to where I went to
I might have been to Chicago mostly for Pokemon GoFest, but I had a few more days in the city afterwards. And while wandering around Chicago, I found a place I remembered from earlier visits, but hadn’t remembered the name. Upon discovering it was called Block 37 Mall, I decided it was worth exploring in full. I first stumbled upon