Chicago, IL–Used to be the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) served as Chicago’s icon. Now, it has to be CloudGate, the shiny bean-shaped sculpture by Anish Kapoor in Milleunnium Park. Locals and visitors are drawn to view their reflection, take photos, and touch the beautiful polished stainless-steel amoeba that spans 66 feet by 33 feet. [...]
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Ft. Sheridan, IL–Fall is at its peak in Ft. Sheridan. Fall color peaks this week in northern Illinois. Check out scenes of families and photographers enjoying the forest preserves and changing leaves. Highwood, IL-
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Continental Lane Delaware River, seen from Washington Crossing State Park Washington Crossing, NJ–Wooded bike paths wind through the state park here. Fawns graze in an adjacent field at dusk while walkers stroll the grounds. It’s a quiet corner of New Jersey, across the Delware River (and just a little south) of cute, touristy [...] Jack in the Pulpit. Photo by Laurie D. Borman Highwood, IL–Some folks get all the luck. Two preserves now bookend the Town of Ft. Sheridan. At the north is the Ft. Sheridan Forest Preserve, managed by Lake County. At the south is Openlands Lakeshore Preserve. While there [...] Highwood/Highland Park/Lake Forest, IL–After exiting the big hawk’s nest, I hear the red-tailed hawk calling, right on cue. It’s easy to spot the dad circling the fields, looking for mice, while mom and chicks perch in the big twig nest. Just follow the chirps and screeching sounds. There are lots of other birds to spy [...] Glencoe, IL–Flowers and ducks can be seen in the last days of summer at the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Glencoe, IL–It’s a four-bobber day at the Skokie Lagoons. Collecting the lost fishermen’s bobbers makes great sport. Just paddle up to the floaters, snatch it, and put a notch in your belt. Besides the bobbers, there were lots of great sites, too. A momma painted turtle and her baby sun themselves on a rock. Mom [...] Maui, HI–There’s nothing like a sunrise above the clouds in Maui, following by a downhill bike ride past protea. Heavenly. Sunrise on Maui's Mt. Haleakala Protea grows right by the Maui roadside. [...] |
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