{"id":1098,"date":"2022-11-09T19:33:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T01:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2022-11-09T19:33:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T01:33:42","slug":"a-hike-at-kickapoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/2022\/11\/a-hike-at-kickapoo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hike at Kickapoo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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route as mapped in APRS-FI…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ve always avoided this series of trails, since they warn hikers that they are rugged. Turns out, that means they have a few mild hills. Illinois. Where it’s either flat, or “difficult.” I rather was transported for an afternoon out of Illinois, and reminded of those favorite Virginia hikes I used to do in the Blue Ridge. God, how I miss them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following is as good as I can do given a 40 minute drive and a nice, warm, late fall day. This will be the last warm day in a while, I’m guessing. We’re about to dip into the 30s by day and the 20s overnight. So this pictorial shares the time with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Central Lake? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kickapoo Railroad?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, I’ll go for it…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A tree with a door…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, you’re hiking along and you come to this. What could it be? Let’s open the little door and find out. The heart of a sacrificial lamb?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the Shrine…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Something like that. Some incense and an incense burner. I don’t know what religion this might be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A hill?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A most beautiful section of trail…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was once a mining operation. Artificial ponds, not intended as such.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bridge on the River View trail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The view of the Vermilion River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Oddly enough, the river view trail does not afford a simple view of the river. One has to climb an embankment to see it. Climb it, I did. Here it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The sign…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And of course… there’s some signage sporting the requisite graffiti. And behind the sign… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The river.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The trail head… <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yeah. Well, I hiked it backwards, having started on CL. Now, I had to hike along the roadway back to my car. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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