Fort de Chartres Rendezvous

On 6/5/2010, Jill, Janet and I made our way down to the rendezvous held at Fort de Chartres, near Prarie du Rocher, IL.

On the way down, we went on a short tangent to Steppig Road. A pond had ducks and geese there.
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We continued on, and saw people performing railroad track maintenance with lots of special equipment.
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We stopped at Rock City, an old salt mine, for a few photos. We hadn't seen this tunnel before — it had some sort of digger's scoop at the end.
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The mine tunnel entrances are large.
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There were thistles...
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...and stands of Queen Anne's Lace there, too.
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NEXT - Continuing On