Grant Woods Forest Preserve
We live in Lake County, Illinois. Aptly named because within a few miles of us we have, Deep Lake, Cedar Lake, Sand Lake, Grass Lake, Crooked Lake, Painted Lake, Third Lake, Fourth Lake, Fox Lake, Chain of Lakes, - you get the idea. And we have the Lake County Forest Preserves organization. I am so impressed by them - they have preserved thousands of acres in this area for recreational use. Weezie and I walk in one of the preserve areas every day.
Grant Woods is about 1000 acres (!) - there are 3 entrances within a couple of miles of our house. It's impossible to get the real feel of a place without actually being there, but here are a few pictures I took for my mom. That's because mom stayed in the car while Weezie and I did the 2-mile loop. Mom's lower body mobility needs some work and she improved greatly while she was at our house, but not nearly enough to make a 2-mile stroll.
Here she is at the entrance. Note the rough-leafed sunflowers and the Joe Pye weeds and the wise old spreading oak trees.
The sumac is already changing color.
The mauve stripe in the distance is the Big Blue Stem - it looks blue only if you catch the light just right.
Here's a bench about half-way around the loop.
The flowers, forbs and grasses change here from season and season and from day to day. And there's water for Weezie to cool off in. It's touch wearing a black fur coat in the summer.
Wet dog.
Grant Woods is about 1000 acres (!) - there are 3 entrances within a couple of miles of our house. It's impossible to get the real feel of a place without actually being there, but here are a few pictures I took for my mom. That's because mom stayed in the car while Weezie and I did the 2-mile loop. Mom's lower body mobility needs some work and she improved greatly while she was at our house, but not nearly enough to make a 2-mile stroll.
Here she is at the entrance. Note the rough-leafed sunflowers and the Joe Pye weeds and the wise old spreading oak trees.
The sumac is already changing color.
The mauve stripe in the distance is the Big Blue Stem - it looks blue only if you catch the light just right.
Here's a bench about half-way around the loop.
The flowers, forbs and grasses change here from season and season and from day to day. And there's water for Weezie to cool off in. It's touch wearing a black fur coat in the summer.
Wet dog.
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