Busy week this week (first full week of classes). Since Bradley University has classes on Labor Day we did not travel far away this weekend. (We do take off in October for Fall Break, which is better.) We drove to Wyoming, IL, where we biked/walked on the Rock Island Trail. The trail, which was once a rail line, starts much closer to Peoria, but some of the more interesting aspects of the trail (a train station and a trestle over the Spoon River) were nearby where we started. We took the trail to the town limits of Toulon, IL, and back, giving us a 9.4 mile trip. The trail was pretty level and covered with limestone chips. It mostly goes through farm country, but a large part of the trail is tree-lined, essentially a long, narrow woods. A few leaves are just starting to turn and fall - I imagine in a month things will look quite pretty. After this, we traveled to Tanner's Orchard to pick a peck of Honey Crisp apples. I'm not a huge apple fan, but they are pretty good. We have not been to Tanner's for years, and it is a nice way to celebrate fall...OK, OK, it felt a little premature, but hey, we were in the area. There were interesting things to sample, the cider was great, the green bean "chips" (dried green beans) weren't bad, the baby beet balls were not what I expected, and the apple salsa was pretty good. Of course we bought apple cider doughnuts and the smells were wonderful (this is the thing I think of most when I think of Tanners). Of course I had to get a picture of Karen with a bunch of other "mums". Kris is somewhat outgrowing the little kid stuff, which was a little sad, but on the other hand, she is sophisticated enough now to enjoy listening to the Bill Cosby tape that I rediscovered in a box in the basement last night - I used to listen to it in college.
Busy week this week (first full week of classes). Since Bradley University has classes on Labor Day we did not travel far away this weekend. (We do take off in October for Fall Break, which is better.) We drove to Wyoming, IL, where we biked/walked on the Rock Island Trail. The trail, which was once a rail line, starts much closer to Peoria, but some of the more interesting aspects of the trail (a train station and a trestle over the Spoon River) were nearby where we started. We took the trail to the town limits of Toulon, IL, and back, giving us a 9.4 mile trip. The trail was pretty level and covered with limestone chips. It mostly goes through farm country, but a large part of the trail is tree-lined, essentially a long, narrow woods. A few leaves are just starting to turn and fall - I imagine in a month things will look quite pretty. After this, we traveled to Tanner's Orchard to pick a peck of Honey Crisp apples. I'm not a huge apple fan, but they are pretty good. We have not been to Tanner's for years, and it is a nice way to celebrate fall...OK, OK, it felt a little premature, but hey, we were in the area. There were interesting things to sample, the cider was great, the green bean "chips" (dried green beans) weren't bad, the baby beet balls were not what I expected, and the apple salsa was pretty good. Of course we bought apple cider doughnuts and the smells were wonderful (this is the thing I think of most when I think of Tanners). Of course I had to get a picture of Karen with a bunch of other "mums". Kris is somewhat outgrowing the little kid stuff, which was a little sad, but on the other hand, she is sophisticated enough now to enjoy listening to the Bill Cosby tape that I rediscovered in a box in the basement last night - I used to listen to it in college. 
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