Columbus Day (sort of)

After much rain, the weather turned quite chilly, with lows in the 30s and 40s.  This weekend we had October-like weather. At least it was cool enough to comfortably have a campfire in the yard. Today I tried out a hammock that I got at a garage sale on Friday - wish I had spent more time testing it out! Tonight we stopped down by the Illinois River to see the replicas of Christopher Columbus's ships Niña and Pinta. After that we stopped by the statue of Columbus in Bradley Park.