river sky is it too much to ask that you stay awhile
winter has been so dark and lonely and i miss seeing your clouds
as they dance along the river carrying the day away to a distant sea
river sky just stay awhile and if you must leave
then take me with you to the sea… please take me with you to the sea
This is what I find when I bike 25 miles west from home. It is a favorite destination. If you want to know more about it you can read the back story here.
I took my first ride to this location last week, but the weather has not been friendly since. I would love to get inside this building and take some pictures!
Here is another shot of a bridge that I like hiking to. I would like to climb the stair to the right of that tower. Let’s go!
From the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River, the Illinois Waterway is a marvel of engineering and commerce. This is Lock and Dam No. 6 and is in the National Register of Historic Places. And that’s now more than you ever wanted to know about this particular location 🙂 Taken from one of the beautiful hiking trails at Starved Rock State Park.
I can remember saying this to each of my four children, when they were around two or three years old: “Now, you are going to stay this age, right? No more growing up. Just stay right here.” Of course none of them listened, and, even though the experience of watching your children grow is bittersweet, there is also the joy of loving them and relating to them as adults. This is my oldest daughter. One of our favorite things to do is go hiking at Starved Rock State Park. We hike, walk, and even as I enjoy her beauty and conversation, and, what she is doing in life, I still wish, just a little bit, that she (and the other three kids) was 2 or 3 again. I am blessed. Looking forward to more hikes Andrea.
I wonder what the tree did say to the light… any thoughts?
I think I just created a new word! Taken at the Illinois River in Morris. I changed the background so you can see the entire image. Hope you have a great week!
Taken this week at a park along the Illinois River. It was a cold, but sunny day, so off I went on my favorite activity: riding and taking pictures. Somewhere in this world there is a Spring looking for the Chicago area. To that Spring I say, “WE ARE HERE!”
I enjoy taking a hike to this bridge over the Illinois River. You walk along the tracks that slice between corn fields, trees, and high voltage towers. Shhhhh… don’t tell anyone, but my goal is to climb those stairs…… shhhhh…..
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