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Heading southbound on IL 178 going into the town of Utica IL
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Crossing the Illinois River on IL 178
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Green and gold
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The bark on this tree seems to twist
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This might be a shagbark hickory tree
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The Visitor's Center
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These flowers appear to be asters of some sort
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I loved these dainty purple flowers
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I'd sure hate to think that tree is covered in poison ivy
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Purple asters
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Other visitors to the park
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This park has a lot of stairs in trails due to the various elevations on the trails
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Base of the tree
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Roots
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Gary is down there waiting for me to make my way down the trail
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I thought this was interesting
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Gary & Strider
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Down in one of the canyons
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Vines
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Splash of red
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The walls of this canyon are fabulous
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Gary & Strider provide some scale for this canyon
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Looking up into the trees
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The end of this canyon
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Looking up out of the canyon
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This tree looks like it might fall over at any minute
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Gary & Strider at the end of French Canyon
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The end of the canyon without Gary & Strider
