This was a Meetup.Com organized event of a paddle Chad had organized, with a little help from me, a couple of weeks ago. The discovery of this route was motivated by the lack of desire to pay put-in or take-out fees to the greedy land and business owners along the Fox and Illinois Rivers…mostly the [...]
Posts under ‘Illinois’
Ottawa, IL (Day 1): Backpacking Starved Rock
This is my first trip out with my newly acquired Gregory backpack. I bought this pack from Chad (pictured) knowing that I will be venturing off places in the midwest and southwest this winter. I also bought a backpack for Rachael from REI. We have to pack hers up and take it out it test, [...]
Stop Blagojevich From Closing Our State Parks!
After a very nice day hiking some miles in Starved Rock State Park, it was really saddening to receive this news in my email.
The following Illinois State Parks will close effective Nov. 1:
Castle Rock State Park, Oregon
Lowden State Park, Oregon
Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park, Sheffield
Illini State Park, Marseilles
Channahon Parkway State Park, Channahon
Gebhard Woods State Park, [...]
TimeOut Chicago Primitive Skills - Urban Foraging article
This is a pretty exciting publicity article for the Primitive Skills Meetup group.
Born To Eat Wild
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/restaurants-bars/54821/born-to-eat-wild
Level 2 Kayak Lesson
To set the wheels in motion to ultimately become certified as a BCU 4 star and a level 4 instructor, I decided to start with Geneva Kayak Center’s level 2 course. The price isn’t bad at 90-some-dollars or if you want to save a few bucks, you can bring your own boat and pay 70-some-dollars, [...]
