Glencoe, IL–What a treat! Record rainfall covered the Skokie Lagoons dams, making it easy to access all ponds without portaging. I paddled from the Tower Road boat launch down to the Willow Road dam first. Cormorants fished in their usual spot at the far south pond. A great blue heron eyed me from his perch [...]
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Highwood/Highland Park, IL–Beautiful days bring out families, dogs, and outdoors lovers to Lake Michigan beaches. Poke in the sand, check out the crawfish that have been washed up, let your dog get a sip of the cold water. Find your own stretch of beach, your own way to relax. Exhibit inside Welcome Center. Photo by Laurie Borman Deerfield, IL–Just had to slip in a few more photos of yesterday’s maple sugar hike at Ryerson Woods. Tap 35 trees for 5 gallons of syrup. That’s the pioneer spirit. It’s Super Bowl weekend when the Indianapolis Colts face the New Orleans Saints in Miami. I don’t know much about football, so I was wondering, “What if the game were decided on which city was a better destination to visit?” Now that’s a topic I’m well versed in! And it’s not as Big Easy as you [...] Lake Michigan shore in winter. Photo by Laurie Borman Highwood, IL– Snowshoeing along Openlands Lakefront Preserve sounds challenging, but the plowed road makes it almost too easy. It’s like walking in an Ansel Adams photo–everything all black and white, and there is the challenge. I’m no Ansel Adams. The beach is no longer a gradual sandy [...] Custer, SD–Mount Rushmore’s almost a patriotic shrine, crowds flocking to see the U.S. presidents revered in a mountain’s stone. Back in 1948, sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski had a different idea–to carve a Lakota chief into the mountain. Thus began the work of Crazy Horse Memorial, an ongoing effort that the sculptor’s wife and his children continue [...] Cave Junction, OR–Take a winding, winding, winding road up so many hairpin turns that no one counts them to Oregon Caves National Monument. Then get out and walk, walk, walk to the big tree. It’s more than a 3-mile loop with a 1100 ft. elevation gain, meaning there will be some huffing and puffing. You’ll see big [...] Wounded Knee, SD–One hundred and nineteen years ago today, 146 Lakota men, women, and children were massacred here by 365 U.S. troops of the 7th Cavalry. It’s hard to imagine a more shameful event in U.S. history. Yet on this killing field, only the howling wind and few relics commemorate the site. On top of the nearby [...] Ft. Myers, FL–While visiting the Edison & Ford Winter Estates recently, I checked out the biggest darn bougainvillea ever. Edison gravitated to the property because of the bamboo trees, a cheap source of filaments for his lightbulbs. But he was experimenting with plants and growing all kinds of wonderful things, including bougainvillea. And now that [...] Sanibel Island, FL–My kids call me a tree lover, and it’s true. I can’t get enough of trees and sky. So here’s a favorite of mine, taken at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island. December is going to be devoted to a weekly tree photo. Enjoy. |
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