ISLAND IN THE SKY CREEK It was interesting watching and

It was interesting watching and listening to the pair communicating with each other as I made my way through the park

the sun was now breaking the horizon above the box elder trees

As I left the house before sunrise

The plant can reach 5 feet tall with the upper stems becoming panicles of flowering spikes

A very nice wooded trail was constructed to gain easy access to wildcat cat canyon waterfall and eagle cliff point over looking the Illinois River

ISLAND IN THE SKY CREEK It was interesting watching andThis morning I decided to head out and photograph the storm clouds in the park that were coming through the area. You can usually get some pretty dramatic looking cloud patterns from the thunderstorms and that was my hope this morning. With my camera gear and tripod in hand, I reached the trailhead before 5: 00 am. The morning light was filtering through the bluish purple grayish storm clouds and some lightning was coming through, once about every 30