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Marisa’s Purpose – Syd’s Memory
Marisa Race 2 Recovery Bike course follows the perimeter of Allerton Park My neighbor established this Walk/Run and Bike race in her daughter’s memory. Her daughter died from an opiate overdose. My...
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Postlogue: Marisa’s Purpose Race 2 Recovery
Prologue: Marisa’s Race 2 Recovery “Don’t let a 67 year old lady beat you!” Marisa’s Race 2 Recovery took place Saturday, September 26, 2020, only eight days ago this writing. In these odd Times of...
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Many Kudos to the Masked Cleaning Duo
Where did it start? With Adam? The Three Graces? Brick Walled Garden No. It all started in the Brick Walled Garden and from there it spread to the other limestone pieces throughout the Formal Garden....
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The 2020 Fall Color Show
~October 13, 2020~ 8:30 a.m. For Central Illinois, and more specifically for Allerton Park, the 2020 Fall color show has been better than usual. October 30, 2020 Centaur panorama October 17, 2020...
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Even Mother Nature is Decorating for the Holidays
Holly bushes line Rathje Lane. Here looking toward Old Timber Road It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the Park. For already a month, Park staff and volunteers have been stringing...
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Prescribed Fall Burns Bring Renewal
Again today, November 11, 2020, barricades blocked access to the Levee Road as the prescribed burning continued. Last Friday, November 6, was the first day the tell tale white, curling smoke rose high...
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It is Deer Hunting Season Within the Park
Can you spot the handsome buck? Today, this handsome guy was courting a doe at the treeline along 1400 North Rd, on Allerton Park land, across the road from one of the Allerton Farms. Is he a ten or...
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Park
Even for a weekend morning, the 8:00 am car and foot traffic in the Park were greater than usual. I didn’t expect so many ‘early birds’ – especially small family groups walking, running or riding...
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A Wedding Party Casualty
It was a Sunday morning in November, before 8:00, that I arrived at the Park for my usual 5K walk. As I arrived at the Visitors Center, coming from the West gate entry, I met a young gentleman who fit...
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