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Openlands Lakeshore Preserve open for spring

TheRoadScholar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:45:06 +0000

Lake Michigan ice ledge melts. Photo by Laurie Borman

Highwood, IL–Birds sing, snowmelt rushes in the drainage canals. Ah, the signs of spring. At Lake Michigan’s edge, the huge ledge of ice slowly melts. It’s a wonderful time to check out Openlands Lakeshore Preserve in Ft. Sheridan. Colorful rocks litter the beach, exposed from the melting ice.
If you’ve seen the movie Departures, a Japanese film about an out-of-work cellist who takes a job preparing bodies for burial, you’ll know rocks tell a story. Choose your story from a wealth of shapes and colors.

After the Fall

TheRoadScholar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:53:01 +0000

Highwood, IL–The rain washed away most of the colorful leaves this week. However, there’s new things to see in the Fort now that the trees are bare. Check out wasp’s and squirrel’s nests in the trees, see unusual rocks nestled into beach driftwood, check out the moody sky over Lake Michigan.

More Fall in the Fort

theroadscholar — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:23:53 +0000

Ft. Sheridan, IL--Fall is at its peak in Ft. Sheridan.