Tag: snowshoeing

Hello 2019…Goodbye 2018!

by anders458, posted in @FPDCC, books, botanical gardens and arboretums, Chicago, Chicago Parks, conservation, FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF DUPAGE COUNTY, FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF KANE COUNTY, Forest Preserve District of Will County, Forest Preserve of Cook County, Galena Illinois, hiking, Illinois, Illinois Nature preserves, kids activities, Lake County Illinois attractions, Lake Michigan, local history, nature centers, settlers and Indians, sledding, snowshoeing, Uncategorized, winter activities

I want to send a 500-foot-tall, Godzilla-like thank you to all of my Nature in Chicagoland readers for visiting my blog in 2018. In about 30 blog posts and more than 46,000 words (I didn't count them, so I'll have to trust my data analytics software), I’ve covered everything from troll hunting, snow shoeing, and … Continue reading Hello 2019…Goodbye 2018!

First-Time Snowshoer Tells All: 10 Tips for Success and My Son’s Thank You

by anders458, posted in @FPDCC, Forest Preserve of Cook County, Galena Illinois, hiking, Illinois, kids activities, snowshoeing, Uncategorized, winter activities

My snow mantra worked—maybe too well! Within the last week or so, snow-starved Chicagoland became a winter wonderland. Shouts of joy and a blizzard of curse words came from those who either embraced or were enraged by the nearly 12 inches of snow that’s fallen in the last week. Last week, my wife, 7-year-old son, … Continue reading First-Time Snowshoer Tells All: 10 Tips for Success and My Son’s Thank You