Moraine Hills State Park

Sunny and 63 degrees again! What a magnificent October this has been in Chicagoland. A year ago we had snow already the first week of October, the earliest snowfall here in history. Our biking group is hoping the good weather continues for another month or so, and when the higher temps finally end, we'll become a hiking club until next Spring. Here are Dave, Ellen, and Patti as we relaxed at McHenry Dam. The water level is down so much we could see the individual stones making up the dam (double click to enlarge photo), and we noticed all the great blue herons, fisher herons, and great white egrets were gone, though the seagulls and ducks were still fishing alongside the human fishermen.


Ellen and I in front of the island which had been under water not so long ago when the water was at its highest.