Fall Colors Adventure Weekend @ Shawnee NF

Had a great time this weekend. Definitely a nice area down there. Let's post our pictures from the weekend here.

I'll start with some of the pictures from our wheeling at Fountain Bluff

Our meeting spot was an interesting establishment




followed these powerlines for a short time






we even found a few rocks to access a small beach next to the Mississippi

ate lunch here and took some more pics along the river













It was a very cool area to explore. More pictures can be found here:

http://www.myxj.net/g2/v/2007_Trips/fallcolors/fountain/

I had an absolute blast. I will definitely be doing this again. Lots of stuff left to see down there. This was the first "Jeep trip" that I shamed my wife into attending, and she had a good time. I've been trying to get here to go with me for a long time, and I finally succeeded. That was the best part of the whole trip for me. I also learned that I like fried pickles. Thanks for the memories guys, lets do it again sometime.

Mark and Jen waiting at our first "obstacle"


Bounty Hunter from Southern Illinois Jeep Association was our guide for most of the day. Big thanks to him!. www.sija.org






Some really handsome fella and his wyfie.








Inspiration Point. If you look closely, you can see people up there. Far right of the pic.




Travis didn't seem to be interested in going out on the point.


Little Grand Canyon

More of Little Grand Canyon







My wife and I took another couple with us, Darren and Lisa. Darren and I are friends from way back. D was my best man. We all stayed at Sassafras Ridge B&B. Nice place. We watched the deer as we ate breakfast Sunday morning. Frances was the lady that ran the place.

(Not a bad pic for using the self timer on the camera!)

Sassafras Ridge B&B


All pics from the weekend can be found HERE.

Looks like a great time! Where exactly is Shawnee NF?

Slade, KY would also be a good choice for this type of run (future reference )

TellicoReadyXJ said:

Looks like a great time! Where exactly is Shawnee NF?

Slade, KY would also be a good choice for this type of run (future reference )

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http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/shawnee/

Some of my pictures from Inspiration Point

Baja across the levee


The bluff straight ahead…….not a sight usually seen in Illinois


Views from Inspiration Point

this one taken by Amanda

Here's a few pictures from the Little Grand Canyon.

Did I miss a trail run post somewhere?

I actually would have made this one.

Bummer...

On Sunday, Amanda and I headed down to Cairo, Illinois to go to Illinois’ most Southern point…..right at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. There’s a nice park located right there.



Here’s a picture from the top of the lookout tower they built there. There was also a sun dial and some plaques about the area.


Going by


Here you can see the ripples in the water where the two rivers meet. It’s amazing how fast they were both moving.


right at the tip


When we left here, we took the backroads back to Carbondale though Shawnee again before heading home.

GPS Track from Fountain Bluff.

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TellicoReadyXJ said:

Slade, KY would also be a good choice for this type of run (future reference )

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on my long list of places to go.....unfortunately, i only am able to get out so much each year....