Saturday, May 1, 2010

I've been a scoundrel living down by the quarry

Did you know there used to be a race track in Carpentersville? It closed in the late 1960's and is now a forest preserve (Raceway woods). I walked there today. There is a 3.75 mile walking track of what used to be the race track, which goes in a loop. There are some pretty good uphill/downhill parts that really work your legs! I also went off the trail (which is where I took most of these pictures) and wasn't really lost but walked more than I intended to!


Graffiti
(I know if you look closely, there is a really bad word in there. I didn't even realize this when I took the pic. Not trying to be offensive. I just think it looks cool overall)





cool plant


There was a bunch of weird, old-looking garbage




dandelion


 
There were a bunch of these web clusters all over the trees with bugs and larvae in them. Gross but cool.



pretty




haha

2 comments:

Firefly said...

The caterpillar nest tree picture is pretty cool!
And yeah, despite the "word" so is the graffiti pic too.
And I don't monitor my comments very often, sorry :-) I did get both of your though, thanks :-)

Raquel930 said...

Thanks! I feel like a creeper now for posting a comment twice, haha