Friday, June 28, 2013

Starved Rock State Park

If you hike this park, get used to stairs, lots and lots of stairs. Everywhere you want to go involves hiking up or down the bluff.

Most of the riverbeds looked like this, dry with just a trickle of water. The thunderstorms every afternoon helped but I look forward to coming back during the spring when all the canyons have waterfalls.

The park is on the south bank of the Illinois River. This is Eagle Cliff Overlook.

In addition to all there stairs, there are lots of boardwalks and bridges. It does make it nice to hike around and avoid the mud.

The view from the top of Starved Rock.

One warning to pay attention to, there are steep cliffs everywhere you hike.
Aurora Canyon.



More backyard wildlife

  It seems whenever I photograph these two deer they always strike the same pose. I liked this shot with having deer running right and left ...