Wednesday Walk - Giant City

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Here is a walk at Giant City State Park in Southern Illinois for this #wednesdaywalk by tattoodjay@tattoodjay

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This park is at the very bottom of the state of Illinois.

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This is a large state park with lots of trails through various huge stones.

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The way these sandstone deposits broke up after the ice age makes it look like these are solid concrete walls.

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Grandma and granddaughter really loved the huge stones.

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Over a hundred years of grafitti is scratched into this rock wall. Some from the 1800s and others from settlers before then.

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Someone tried to carve a strange face in the stone. Instead of a fancy face it turned into something creepy looking.

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I have no idea how tall these rock walls are. They dwarf the trees.

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Lots of easy climbing here with all sorts of hidden pathways. Have to watch out for timber rattlers hiding out here.

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I suspect this is some strange erosion that happened when the ice age glaciers melted.

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We only saw a few of the trails but there are many more places to see. There is even a place called The Mini Grand Canyon. Eventually we'll be back down here again to explore more.

That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)

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