Leaving from Turkey Run State Park in the rain, we headed on to Illinois. We got to see a wind farm on the way. Lora was busy with Verizon on the phone but we stopped in a park
After we got our camp set up at Starved Rock State Park, we headed over to the main park to hike. We hiked on the East end because all the parking lots were full on the West side. Tons of people out. There are a lot of canyons in the park which are where creeks drop off into before heading out into the Illinois river. We hiked the Ottawa, Kaskaskia, and Illinois canyons. Then we headed down to the boat ramp to see where we could put in on the River. We got to see the sunset over the water before heading back to camp.
Sunday we Started at the actual Starved Rock and then hiked the rest of the canyons in the park. There were only a few cars in the lot when we started. By the time we got back out the lot was full. Hundreds of people hiking. We got to see a Pelican on the lake and we heard but could not see an Eagle. It was a really great hike. Probabley close to 8 miles total. There are 18 canyons in all.
Monday we headed over to Buffalo Rock State Park to check it out. Not a very interesting park. Some guy made dirt mounds shaped like animals, but you couldn't really make them out. The signs were not there anymore to identify the mounds. We hiked the bluff line trail which you couldn't see the bluffs and then the overlook trail which did give us a view of the river. The good thing was there was two buffalos and a baby to see. We also ate blackberries.
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