Matthiessen State Park wasn’t even on my radar when we took a camping trip to Illinois. In fact, our trip up there was based around a totally different state…
When most people think of visiting Illinois, they think of Chicago, but over the last few years we’ve discovered some really surprising stops in Illinois. We love Chicago, but…
Trip Planning This Month We started planning in a bit more detail some of our upcoming camping trips. We haven’t booked anything new, though. I have been daydreaming about…
Little Grand Canyon in Shawnee National Forest is my favorite hike in southern Illinois thus far. While it might not seem like much at the beginning of the trail,…
No one would ever choose to be in a long distance relationship, but it does have one perk: you basically HAVE to travel to see each other! Matt and I were on the…
Big cities are Zachary’s thing… He loves being around the huge buildings and life in the city. Although, I’ve been in some big cities (LA, Paris, Rome, Houston, Athens,…
One of the highlights of this trip for me was the Chicago Art Institute. We were a little apprehensive about paying $17 each (and that was with the student…
