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  • Summit Lake State Park, IN to Comlara Park, IL

    Comlara Park, IL, August 2026 The total drive is about 260 miles. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Kickapoo State Park, IL to Comlara Park, IL

    Comlara Park, IL, August 2024 The total drive is about 99.5 miles. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Summit Lake State Park, IN to Kickapoo State Park, IL

    Kickapoo State Park, IL, July 2024 The total drive is about 157 miles. Note: This could be updated to take IN-3 North to IN-67 West to I-69 to avoid some small towns and rough train tracks. US-36 will likely be reopened by our next visit. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Comlara Park, IL to Pine View Campground, WI

    Fort McCoy, WI, Sept 2024 The total drive is about 293 miles Note: Need EZ Toll Pass Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Sunrise on the way to Wisconsin

    Over Chicago, IL. April 2025 On my most recent trip, I had a layover in Chicago, IL. The best part of the layover was seeing the most beautiful sunrise.

  • Another World’s Largest!! – Square Knot

    Comlara Park is home to Lake Evergreen and the World’s Largest Square Knot. I find it interesting that the Knot is a world’s largest, but I am unable to find the knot in the Guinness website. The best part of this find was that we are staying at Comlara Park and didn’t know at the…

  • Promachus Rufides Anyone?

    Heron County Park, IL, August 2024 It sounds like it should be a cocktail, but it is a red-footed cannibalfly. They are also called bee panthers because they hunt bees. They are part of the robber fly, or assassin fly, family. The name reflects that they prey on other insects, including other robber flies, and…

  • Danville, Looking for Lincoln and Vermillion County Museum IL

    Danville, Illinois Danville Illinois started out as a hub for 3 Native American Tribes – Kickapoo, Miami, and Potawatomi. In 1827, 80 acres of land was donated and lots sold which started Danville. In 1838, the Potawatomi Trail of Death camped and passed through Danville. Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer with the 8th Judicial Court.…

  • Pontiac, Pontiac, or Obwaandi’eyaag?

    We went to Pontiac, Illinois to get Kate’s National Park Passport Book stamped, but we parked in the wrong place about two blocks away. Instead of the museum complex, we parked near the Pontiac-Oakland Auto Museum that had a bunch of Pontiac cars. Ironically, Pontiac, Illinois is not named for the Pontiac car, and no…

  • A Limit of One Cat Per Hand…

    When Kate and I talked about cats, I always told her that she could only have one cat per hand because you can not pet more than two cats at once. If you have more than two cats, the cats will feel neglected. She would also be in danger of being a crazy cat lady.…