Park Bliss

Today I had a "day off", my friend Joanna watched the kiddos for me. And so after I ran some errands I drove to a park in peoria called Forrest Park that was much bigger than I had imagined it to be. It has all these wonderful trails through the preserved natural forrest so there were all kinds of fun critters running about. The deer let you get so close you can almost pet them, but the wild turkeys didn't want you to close, although there was quite a large flock of babies with them. And either a badger or beaver ran right past me as I was crossing over a bridge, he was pretty quick and since I only got a glimpse I couldn't tell. It's not quite as exciting as the ranch in Montana, but for Illinois I was pretty happy with the idea of being in a forrest surrounded by wooded creatures for the afternoon while going for a walk and just sitting quietly and listening. O, and it was nice to be taking some nature photos again.