Hungry Rocks? No Starved!
We realised that we didn't really do much last year in terms of going out, having fun, exploring our local environment, getting into the city, etc; and so we resolved to get back to that this year. Our first trip was to Starved Rock State Park , a couple of hours South and West of us in Olgesby, near Utica, along the Illinois river. It was recommended by a good friend of ours who had been there over twenty years ago. The weather was gorgeous, in the 50s, and we got ourselves all set up with cameras, back pack baby carrier, hiking boots, etc. We had actually wanted to go about a month ago when all the snow was melting as we thought the waterfalls would be more impressive, but the weather didn't play ball that weekend. There was still some water in the falls, although I think later in the year, they all but dry up. The park has 18 canyons and over 13 miles of trails, although we probably only walked about 5 or 6 miles of them, and it was more of a wander than a hike, as we took o