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Post by Mr. Javi on Sept 5, 2008 15:37:01 GMT -6
Alright so the end of the summer is just around the corner, so we decided to do our last trip this weekend.
We are going camping, I must be out of my mind, yup with the weather we had recently.
Well we are going camping to Illini State Park, so I will take some pictures for when I get back.
I got my trusty TomTom, (finally decided to go with one of those handy tools) so we should be OK.
Once again, Kay lookout after Oldnuts, I do not want to get back and hear the COPS were called.
See you all.
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Post by kaykirk on Sept 5, 2008 15:53:27 GMT -6
Have a great time Javi and a safe trip too! And yes, you know we want pix!  Once again, Kay lookout after Oldnuts, I do not want to get back and hear the COPS were called. See you all.  What ? ! ? ! you better check your spelling man! Not quite sure what you're asking but it doesn't sound good! You know I would do anything for you Javi but.........I'm thinkin' NOT ;D |
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Post by rvrrat on Sept 5, 2008 17:11:56 GMT -6
Have Fun!!!
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Post by unirok on Sept 5, 2008 18:17:42 GMT -6
Have a great time and be safe!
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Post by Mr. Javi on Sept 7, 2008 19:05:35 GMT -6
Just got back from being in the Great Outdoors. We had a blast, but I tell you sleeping out on a tent with temperatures in the low 60's, that's no fun.
Other than that we had a good time. I also found out that Illini State Park is one of 10 parks being close (possibly this year), which sucks.
We also went to Starved Rock, we had fun there too. Never had been there on those hiking trails. There no joke.
I also did a little fishing, caught a small Carp and a Cat Fish too.
I will get some pics up real soon.
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Post by lanceslambos on Sept 7, 2008 19:14:42 GMT -6
sleeping bag/cold fix...have your girlfriend squeeze in there with you!
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Post by kaykirk on Sept 7, 2008 19:37:20 GMT -6
sleeping bag/cold fix...have your girlfriend squeeze in there with you! I don't think his wife would approve |
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Post by kaykirk on Sept 7, 2008 21:21:49 GMT -6
Just got back...... I also found out that Illini State Park is one of 10 parks being close (possibly this year), which sucks. I will get some pics up real soon. Welcome back, looking forward to the pix! btw, you-know-who was well behaved while you were gone Thank you Rod Blog for closing so many parks!  We have at least 2 in our area that are closing too. I am hoping to get to Lowden State Park before it's closing, I believe November 1st. It's a really pretty drive down Rt2 to Oregon and it is the home of the Black Hawk Statue. This from wikipedia..."The statue stands 125 feet above the Rock River, though its height only accounts for 48 feet of that. Black Hawk weighs in at 536,770 pounds and is said to be the second largest concrete monolithic statue in the world.[3] It wears a long blanket and stares across the river with folded arms." This statue has been here almost 100 years...   |
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Post by robaurora01 on Sept 8, 2008 5:33:20 GMT -6
almost 100 years??? that high??? how on earth did the native's create it so big? and couldn't the natives fight to keep this open as its obviously something to do with them
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Post by Mr. Javi on Sept 8, 2008 7:03:22 GMT -6
Once again, Kay lookout after Oldsnut do not want to get back and hear the COPS were called. See you all. What ? ! ? ! you better check your spelling man! Not quite sure what you're asking but it doesn't sound good! You know I would do anything for you Javi but.........I'm thinkin' NOT ;D [/quote] My bad, that's what happens, trying to type from my iTouch. Hope Oldsnut don't trip on this. Also Kay that park with the huge statue looks nice, is there any camping there? |
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Post by kaykirk on Sept 8, 2008 9:39:49 GMT -6
My bad, that's what happens, trying to type from my iTouch. Hope Oldsnut don't trip on this. Also Kay that park with the huge statue looks nice, is there any camping there? Whew! you had me worried for a moment. Yes, there is camping at Lowden State Park but again it will be closed after this season. I have been there many times as a kid but we just made a day of it with a picnic since we only live a short distance from there. Besides camping there is of course picnic areas, hiking trails, and access to the Rock River for canoeing. I do plan on visiting this fall and think the hubby will go along too, which is amazing since he never wants to go anywhere . I will get some pix and post them here. It really is quite a majestic sight, especially while going down the river and of course that will not change when they close the park.  Should look great with fall colors...  |
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Post by scottydl on Sept 8, 2008 12:45:39 GMT -6
Hey Javi, I want to see everything you have from Starved Rock. We are headed there for a weekend of camping in 2 weeks, just the wife and I. Should be able to head out and hit some serious trails without the kiddos trailing along. |
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Post by Mr. Javi on Sept 9, 2008 7:26:25 GMT -6
Pics are coming back soon, maybe today after work.
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Post by Mr. Javi on Sept 10, 2008 17:16:04 GMT -6
I finally got around to uploading some of my pictures of the camping trip I had, Our tent,  We had some corn on the grill,  Family having breakfast,  Did some fishing,   Nephew found a baby snake, he thinks his the Animal Guy or something,  Hey Javi, I want to see everything you have from Starved Rock. We are headed there for a weekend of camping in 2 weeks, just the wife and I. Should be able to head out and hit some serious trails without the kiddos trailing along. Scotty this is from Starved Rock, make sure you go down to the bottom, hopefully it won't be muddy.  |
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Post by aldrichd on Sept 10, 2008 19:27:32 GMT -6
Nice pics. Thanks for posting.
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Post by kaykirk on Sept 11, 2008 7:12:32 GMT -6
Looks like a great trip Javi!
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Post by Mr. Javi on Sept 11, 2008 7:15:52 GMT -6
We'll it turned out decent after all, with low temps and all, then it got better.
I learned that you have to make something out of it, ever since the last trip to Florida.
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Post by unirok on Sept 11, 2008 9:33:06 GMT -6
Nice pics looks like a great time was had by all.
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Post by Mr. Javi on Sept 11, 2008 10:43:01 GMT -6
Thanks unirok, I see you got that new 745, nice.
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Post by Mr. Javi on Sept 22, 2008 7:29:44 GMT -6
Hey Javi, I want to see everything you have from Starved Rock. We are headed there for a weekend of camping in 2 weeks, just the wife and I. Should be able to head out and hit some serious trails without the kiddos trailing along. Scotty here is one more shot of the nice little water fall.  |
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Post by scottydl on Sept 22, 2008 7:32:33 GMT -6
Hey Javi, I want to see everything you have from Starved Rock. We are headed there for a weekend of camping in 2 weeks, just the wife and I. Should be able to head out and hit some serious trails without the kiddos trailing along. Scotty here is one more shot of the nice little water fall. Dude, did we EVER see it! The waterfall ain't so little right now, following all the rain that came our way the last 2 weeks. The Visitor's Center and lower parking lots were completely flooded, but we still got out on the trails and had a good time. I'll get my pics up soon. |
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Post by Mr. Javi on Sept 22, 2008 18:09:24 GMT -6
What!!!
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Post by kaykirk on Sept 22, 2008 19:02:35 GMT -6
;D I love this Javi, do you have any other angles? oh yeah, and the background is pretty awesome too
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Post by Mr. Javi on Nov 6, 2008 12:33:40 GMT -6
Scotty here is one more shot of the nice little water fall. Dude, did we EVER see it! The waterfall ain't so little right now, following all the rain that came our way the last 2 weeks. The Visitor's Center and lower parking lots were completely flooded, but we still got out on the trails and had a good time. I'll get my pics up soon. Scotty did you ever post those pictures? |
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Post by scottydl on Nov 6, 2008 12:51:38 GMT -6
No I didn't, and what's weird is that I was just thinking yesterday that I wanted to get them up here. I'll grab them off my home computer tonight. Also I'm gonna move this over to the Roadtrips forum - I know you didn't drive an Aurora to Starved Rock but that's okay. We drove ours. |
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Post by scottydl on Nov 8, 2008 9:36:36 GMT -6
Here's our adventure photos! The whole lower area of the park (including the visitor's center) was flooded and closed off, but there were still plenty of good trails and sights to see. Including that same waterfall at the St. Louis Canyon, which was BETTER because of all the recent rain at the time... Checkin out the trails... hey one of those names looks familiar!   The waterfall... that's my wife is at the bottom of the 2nd photo, so you get an idea of how huge it really is...   The best named canyon, and a shot from the actual Starved Rock lookout. That was quite a climb!   |
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Post by kaykirk on Nov 8, 2008 16:05:00 GMT -6
Great Pix! Love the "Aurora Canyon" ;D Looks like you had a great time, thanks for sharing. |
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Post by Mr. Javi on Nov 8, 2008 16:50:17 GMT -6
Nice pics dude.
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Post by scottydl on Nov 9, 2008 19:30:37 GMT -6
I'd recommend Starved Rock to anyone looking for some good scenery and trails that aren't TOO rugged. They do have some rough ones it appears, but we stuck with the well-worn routes. I like how "smooth" the waterfall came out looking in those pics. My digital camera took a slightly longer-than-normal exposure which captured that, but it wasn't long enough to make the entire photo blurry. Turned out cool.  |
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What ? ! ? ! you better check your spelling man! Not quite sure what you're asking but it doesn't sound good! You know I would do anything for you Javi but.........I'm thinkin' NOT 
We have at least 2 in our area that are closing too. I am hoping to get to Lowden State Park before it's closing, I believe November 1st. It's a really pretty drive down Rt2 to Oregon and it is the home of the Black Hawk Statue. This from wikipedia..."The statue stands 125 feet above the Rock River, though its height only accounts for 48 feet of that. Black Hawk weighs in at 536,770 pounds and is said to be the second largest concrete monolithic statue in the world.[3] It wears a long blanket and stares across the river with folded arms."
