...and then we explored part of the 75 acre addition recently purchased by the Lake County Forest Preserve Board. This woods had been a shooting preserve and the signs remain...
... but the new land, comprised of wooded hillside and wetlands alongside the golf course, makes a wonderful addition to the preserve. A particularly lovely wooded knoll abuts our townhouses and would make a terrific walk-in picnic area for our residents. We passed this huge old oak tree with four trunks coming off the main trunk stem. What a wonderful climbing tree it would make for youngsters (as well as for the young at heart!)
Our bushwacking off-trail required that we check ourselves after returning home, and sure enough, I found a tick on my clothing. He is now swimming through the sewer system somewhere. So everyone - Be careful out there. They're back!
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