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Met up with TheZenful1 today for a hike in the preserve surrounding Argonne National Lab. It is known as Waterfall Glen and is located in Darien, Illinois which is where I grew up.
It's basically a ridge line on the north side of the Des Plaines River Valley in Lemont. This valley was the result of the Wisconsin Glacier a few years back.
It is a very picturesque area with ravines, ridges, a gentle stream and abundant wildlife including elusive albino deer.
A little history on the grounds. Interesting reading:
http://www.anl.gov/Science_and_Technology/History/Anniversary_Frontiers/IcetoAPS.html
And some of the Darien which mentions more about the deer and how they arrived:
In the 1930s Erwin Freund, a wealthy Chicago industrialist, and his wife Rosalyn bought 200 acres of land in the southeastern part of DuPage County to build a summer home. He was the first person to own a patent on casing for sausage. Mr Freund also loved the story of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. He named his estate Tulgey Woods after the woods in that story. Three miles of bark trails wandered through the estate. Carved wooden figures of Alice in Wonder*land characters were placed along these. In 1941 the Freunds arranged to have seven white deer brought to the estate. Over 300 descen*dants of these deer still remain here.
In 1946 the United States government began acquiring over 1,000 acres of land, including the Freund property, to build Argonne National Laboratory, a nuclear research laboratory. In 1973 most of the Argonne property was trans*ferred to the DuPage County Forest Preserve for public parks and recreation purposes. To*day it is the Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve.
I used a very sophisticated device to locate his position. I called him on my cellphone! In all seriousness, he described his approximate location and I found him pretty quick as I am familiar with the area.
The view up on the ridge looking down over the creek bend. Zen was down below about 1/8 of a mile past the bend in the creek.
I finally found him but was on the wrong side of the creek. Was a beautiful warm day so off went the shoes and socks to cross the creek.
Zen was practicing his fire starting skills.
He had his Syderco Bushcrafter and his new JK Tin knife from Saturdays open house. John's tin knives are very useful little knives. Here's the link to the open house he had Saturday. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=741336
Zen was experimenting with various tinders and had a fire lit very fast. Well done!
Met up with TheZenful1 today for a hike in the preserve surrounding Argonne National Lab. It is known as Waterfall Glen and is located in Darien, Illinois which is where I grew up.
It's basically a ridge line on the north side of the Des Plaines River Valley in Lemont. This valley was the result of the Wisconsin Glacier a few years back.
It is a very picturesque area with ravines, ridges, a gentle stream and abundant wildlife including elusive albino deer.
A little history on the grounds. Interesting reading:
http://www.anl.gov/Science_and_Technology/History/Anniversary_Frontiers/IcetoAPS.html
And some of the Darien which mentions more about the deer and how they arrived:
In the 1930s Erwin Freund, a wealthy Chicago industrialist, and his wife Rosalyn bought 200 acres of land in the southeastern part of DuPage County to build a summer home. He was the first person to own a patent on casing for sausage. Mr Freund also loved the story of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. He named his estate Tulgey Woods after the woods in that story. Three miles of bark trails wandered through the estate. Carved wooden figures of Alice in Wonder*land characters were placed along these. In 1941 the Freunds arranged to have seven white deer brought to the estate. Over 300 descen*dants of these deer still remain here.
In 1946 the United States government began acquiring over 1,000 acres of land, including the Freund property, to build Argonne National Laboratory, a nuclear research laboratory. In 1973 most of the Argonne property was trans*ferred to the DuPage County Forest Preserve for public parks and recreation purposes. To*day it is the Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve.
I used a very sophisticated device to locate his position. I called him on my cellphone! In all seriousness, he described his approximate location and I found him pretty quick as I am familiar with the area.
The view up on the ridge looking down over the creek bend. Zen was down below about 1/8 of a mile past the bend in the creek.
I finally found him but was on the wrong side of the creek. Was a beautiful warm day so off went the shoes and socks to cross the creek.
Zen was practicing his fire starting skills.
He had his Syderco Bushcrafter and his new JK Tin knife from Saturdays open house. John's tin knives are very useful little knives. Here's the link to the open house he had Saturday. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=741336
Zen was experimenting with various tinders and had a fire lit very fast. Well done!
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