History trail: Fermi in Chicago
Hyde Park and Palos Forest Preserve
Osaka Garden – Hyde Park Chicago
We have nice winter in Chicago this  year for Christmas, some snow and temps dropping below -10℃, perfect for an afternoon winter walk in Jackson Park: around Wooded Island and to Japanese (Osaka) Garden
Cache River and Shawnee National Forest
Five days. Itinerary: Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands Center ➜ Big Cypress ➜ Heron Pond trail ➜ Lower Cache River ➜ Garden of the Gods ➜ Giant City Park
Cache River swamp with tupelo (Nyssa biflora) and bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) were you can park your canoe next to a 1000 yo trees standing in 6 ft of water. We rented canoes from White Crane Canoe Rentals, renamed  ☞ Cache Bayou Outfitters.
McKinley Woods-I&M Canal trail (IL)
Watching bald eagles.
