More Will County Winter

Mild mid January day and needed to get outside.  Went to the tiny Isle La Cache Museum in Romeoville, around the little trail.

   

 

     

     

 And I think some of my work days are long. . .

    

 Looks like an outdoor area for some of the summer programs

Small branch of the Des Plaines Rivers with some flowing water

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Then went across and down the street to Centennial Trail and the I & M (Illinois & Michigan) sanitary and ship canal.

According to online information I found, this arch sends oil over the canal from (or to) the Citgo refinery.

 Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge no longer in use, but is now part of the Centennial Trail

The Centennial Trail - 11 miles long.

Forest preserves in the dead of winter

 

Deer tracks in the snow

Abandoned bridge tender house on the Sanitary & Ship Canal bridge.

Then back to Plainfield and the west side of Lake Renwick on Route 30 access

 Some animal, I think deer, had been walking across the lake when it was frozen.

 Looking east - continuation of the tracks in the melting ice.

 Canada geese are around all times of the year, but these probably came from farther north.

Winter In Will County

DuPage River at Hammel Woods

Lake Renwick

Heron nesting perches

 

 Deer tracks

New Year ~ New Look ~ New Roamings

Starting 2015 with a new look for the blog, just for a change of pace...purple & flowers from the May 2014 visit to Chicago Botanic Gardens.

What will 2015 bring?  Sure hope it will not be as sad as 2014 with the loss of my sister in December and my heart dog Molly back in February. 

 

 

Not quite sure where I'll roam this year.  Where can I roam so that I don't repeat some routes, but that may be unrealistic in some sense.  Wonder if this will be the summer for buying a 'learning what the heck I need to learn' RV.  Hopefully seeing more of the Mississippi, southern Illinois and many places in between.  Wish me luck!