Our photo travel log
Lazy hiking: 10 km loop from Iron Bridge trailhead to bison lookout on Rte 53, then Bunker 63 trail and return via Hedgeapple trail. Found a herd of 60-80 bisons near the North-East corner of the pasture along wooded area of Prairie Creek. We come with bikes next time.
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie trail map and info☞ Midewin trail map
☞ Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
No JMT this year – just cancelled our permits. With more time for local trails, we can check out our forests, today it was fungi everywhere along 8 km (slow) walk in Palos Forest Preserve.
Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park ( in Jay Pritzker Pavilion by Frank Gehry)
With James Conlon (conductor), Nadine Sierra (soprano), Michael Fabiano (tenor)  and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rossini and Dionizetti.
