More pictures from Starved Rock (from Suzia)

Okay - here are some more pictures from our 3 Generation Mother-Daughter trip. They're in no particular order, but they show just how much fun we had on our little road trip.

We pulled over when we saw this giant-leafed "plant" growing... maybe it's Jack's Magic Beanstalk? Seriously - these were some HUGE leaves!

Babcia Zosia loves the smell of hay and said that when she was young, she used to climb on the bales. So we found some roadside and dared her to climb them again!

This was actually the last 'adventure' on our road trip. We drove out along a country road West of DeKalb so we could do some star-gazing. This is Babcia Zosia and Daniella laying on the hood of the van, trying to find the Big Dipper.


Daniella sitting atop Cheyenne, her horse at Starved Rock Stables, where we went for an hour+ long walk. In the high heat of the day. Did we mention it was 100 degrees out when we got off our horses?

In the Koivuns' van on road trips, if we go over a bridge, you have to put your hands up in the air. We made sure Babcia Zosia learned the van rules and followed them... even when we were on the trolley!

I sat behind Babcia Zosia and Daniella on our paddle-wheel boat tour of the Illinois River to see Starved Rock and the Starved Rock Dam.

Babcia Zosia wanted to take one of these home... we told her 'no.' (They're actually power-generating windmills just south of Amboy, IL.)

A very nice picture of Babcia Zosia, taken on our return hike from Wildcat Canyon.

Finally, a picture of me! Babcia Zosia and Suzia at one of the 23 carved tree stumps around the Starved Rock Lodge. This one was actually at the trailhead down to Wildcat Canyon.

An action shot of Daniella riding...

Our Daredevil Babcia, riding ala John Wayne, waving her hat in the air.

Then Babcia Zosia put her hat on backwards and said she was a 'homey' - too funny!

Babcia Zosia loves trees that split in a vee, especially so near to the ground.

My mother and her mother, walking on the grounds around Starved Rock Lodge.

On our hike to Wildcat Canyon.

OK... Can you guess where this was taken? I'll give you a hint. I've only said it a handful of times already... and, it's carved into the railing there, if you can make it out.

And to end our photo journey, a very pretty moment caught in time... my mama. And on this trip, she rejuvinated herself and took off a good ten years... and it shows!

Hope you enjoyed sharing our trip to Starved Rock!