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I took the day off to spend the day with my husband & get some pictures of the fall leaves
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Red orange
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I am pretty sure this is a cottonwood tree
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They grow near rivers & have deeply furrowed, thick bark
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Gary taking pictures using his new tripod
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A sign for one of the drop shafts of the Deep Tunnel Project
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Said shaft
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The deep tunnel project is supposed to curtail this kind of thing
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Gary walking towards me
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The picnic shelter in this grove
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Leaves floating in the Des Plaines River
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Dead leaves
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Cottonwood trees can grow so crazily
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This is Picnic Grove #1 in the White Eagle Woods
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I would guess that this tree was struck by lightning
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The Des Plaines River
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Across the Des Plaines River
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Des Plaines River
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The bend in the river
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The bend in the river
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The river often gets up to the level of the grass
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Washing his muddy hand off
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The river looks about ankle deep all the way across at this point
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Looking across the river
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The lightning blasted tree again
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I was surprised to see this here
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We couldn't figure out what these dirt mounds were
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More leaves
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More mounds
