Wildcat Canyon |
Trail conditions - ICY |
All of us on the bridge over Wildcat Canyon |
Check out the feet. All but one have some sort of extra traction. I recommend Yak-Trax. You can purchase these in the Starved Rock Lodge's Gift Shop |
These are what the Yak-Trax look like. Thank you to the foot model. |
Frozen Ice Fall at Wildcat Canyon |
Great picture of Pileated Woodpecker holes |
Joe thought he would use the outdoor "Phone Booth" to phone home..... |
Two girls from Skokie joined us for the hike. |
Eagles Cliff from the Bluff Trail- There was an eagle flying, but can't see it in the photo. |
Can you see the eagle? Flying near the tip of the trees. |
Burl in a tree near the Bluff stairs, before we went down. |
Looking over the bridge to the South, going into LaSalle Canyon |
Looking over the bridge going into LaSalle Canyon. Looking out to the Illinois River |
What a view in the Winter. The Canyons are "Naked", no leaves or foliage, you can see all the sandstone sides of the Canyons. Here we are walking into LaSalle Canyon. |
LaSalle Canyon |
LaSalle Canyon |
Behind the icefall in LaSalle Canyon |
Behind and underneath LaSalle Canyon ice fall |
Totally underneath the icefall in LaSalle Canyon |
Rock formations in LaSalle Canyon |
I just thought this was neat how the black crust of sand was just hanging there. |
LaSalle Canyon from the West side on the way to Tonti Canyon |
It's been a while since we went to Tonti, so we thought today would be a great day to go in. |
Ice Formations on the ground on the way into Tonti Canyon |
West side of Tonti Canyon |
East side of Tonti Canyon. Some years this side is also frozen all the way to the bottom. |
Head on photo of Tonti Canyon ice fall |
I went behind Tonti's icefall and took these cool photos |
Behind Tonti |
Behind Tonti |
More ice formations |
Canadian Geese- He just was floating- he wasn't alive. This must have just happened, he was in good shape. |
Hollowed out tree along the River Trail |
View of Eagle's Cliff from the River Trail |
Inside Wildcat Canyon - Notice the crack near the top... |
The girls from Skokie were having a great day! |
View from Eagle's Cliff looking West. I still think this is the best view in the park. |
View from Eagle's Cliff looking North towards the Lock and Dam. Leopold Island to the left. |
Leopold Island - Can you spot the eagle in the center of the photo. |
Top of the Rock from Lover's Leap |
Eagle in a tree between Lover's Leap and Starved Rock "The Fishing Cove" |
Same eagle as above photo. Rock in the background is Devil's Nose. |
When you see this sign, you know you only have 10 minutes left before you arrive at the Lodge. That is unless you take a left and go to Wildcat Canyon. That would be the long way home at about 45min. |
Looking down into French Canyon |
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Eagle watching the bridge over Fox Canyon |
I will leave you with this: Wherever you may hike or walk, just put one foot in front of the other. It's all about the experience not the destination.