Garden of the Gods - You are Here!
(Be careful with the sound volume... it's quiet, then loud).
After leaving St. Louis and Gorham, Illinois I headed to the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois and camped at the Garden of the Gods State Park. I camped for 3 nights in was a very secluded campground on a high, windy bluff. It got very cold while camping, but I slept pretty comfortably in the back of my truck. The hiking was great and I never even saw anyone else while out on the trails. This whole region of the state is pretty sparsely populated. I wanted to buy a bag of ice, but that would have required a 32 mile round-trip in the truck so needless to say, I didn't have ice with my Coke. In summary, I thought this was a very nice park with some very cool geology and interesting archeology. The whole southern half of the state is strewn with relics from American and Native American History....
Your eyes !!! You look so tired. I heard that the more you sleep the more tired you are... hum hum
ReplyDeleteI don't know what it was. A lot of those cold mornings my face was pretty puffy. But sure enough... I was definitely sleeping alot. They say the camera adds ten pounds. I need to work on my lighting and shoot the vids at a more advantageous angle, huh? Hide bags below my eyes?
ReplyDeletefunny there is a garden of the gods in Colorado too!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gardenofgods.com/yourvisit/index.cfm