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| Theme photo of the day! |
Today for Walker's Club, we were scheduled to go into St. Louis Canyon and Aurora Canyon, passing Sac and Kickapoo Canyons. We generally go to St. Louis first and drop down into Aurora Canyon on they way back. I thought we would switch it up this time. Jack from the club says "Going to Aurora Canyon is like having dessert first" Well said!! My favorite Canyon is Aurora!
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| On my way to work yesterday I stopped to take this photo by the Illinois Community College. The cloud was just hanging there over the field. Couldn't resist |
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| New carving near the pool patio "Illinois Symbols" |
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| An early "touch me not" |
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| Going into Aurora Canyon |
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| Only so many people fit in Aurora Canyon |
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| The rest of the Walker's Club. No water in Aurora Canyon |
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| Top of Sac Canyon |
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| Blue Cohosh - the berries are almost blue |
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| Turkey Vulture sunning himself. We saw him on the West Bluff trail on the way to St. Louis Canyon |
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| Indian Pipe - or the Corpse Plant. This wildflower does not make any chlorophyll |
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| Coming down the steps heading to St. Louis Canyon |
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| St. Louis Canyon |
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| Everyone loves the Waterfall in St. Louis Canyon |
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| Wild Hydrangea - We have many of these in the park |
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| Ten Petal Sunflower |
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| On the way back to the Lodge, we spotted this pretty big Snapping Turtle. This turtle was about 9 inches wide by 14 inches long. The top portion of the shell is called the Carapace. The Scutes are the big squares on the shell. Most turtles have 13 of these. |
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| When we came upon this turtle, he was on top of this log. We thought he was stuck or dead. Turns out he was just hanging out. When we came upon him, he went off the log and rolled onto his back. He eventually turned over and was on his way. |
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| He wanted us to leave.... |
I will leave you with this: I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
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