Fort Sheridan Forest Preserved

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After I blogged about the Lion’s Den and mentioned that there is nothing like that in Illinois, my friend promptly replied that in fact, there is something like that, namely, the forest preserve with the lake!

When I looked at the map, I realized that it is perfectly reachable by public transportation, namely by Metra UP-North. The next thing I realized – the only option to go there before the end of September was the upcoming Sunday (July 16). I promptly made up a plan and executed 🙂

I have just one word to say – a paradise!

If you have been following me for a while, you remember that for many years, the pictures of the prairie in bloom flooded all my blogs every summer. And if there is anything I miss from Palatine, that’s the closeness to the Deer Grove forest preserve. On Sunday, I wanted to hug and kiss each of my old friends – the native flowers of the prairie!

Something I need to explore more – I didn’t go to the Parade Grounds
And here is the lake!
That was when I felt like I was in paradise! The prairie and the lake united!

Thee are several tails, and I only did one and a half, but now I have a good understanding of Fort Sheridan geography, and I am looking forward to come here many more times!

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My name is Henrietta (Hettie) Dombrovskaya. I was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russian (actually, back then – Leningrad, USSR) in 1963, and immigrated to the United States in 1996. I love Saint Petersburg, the city I was born and raised in, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. Similarly (but differently) I love Chicago, and can’t imagine myself moving somewhere else in the observable future. I have three children, Igor, Vlad and Anna, all adults living on their own, and one (so far) granddaughter Nadia. I also believe that my children are the best thing that happened in my life. As for my professional life, I am working in the field of Information Technologies. When I was twenty, I’ve declared that the databases are the coolest thing invented and that I want to do them for the rest of my life. Thirty plus years later, I still believe it’s true, and still, believe that the databases are the best. These two statements together imply that I think a person can have it all, and indeed, I think so! Keep reading my journals to find out how I did it.

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