2025-01-22 42 -88

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Wed 22 Jan 2025 in 42,-88:
42.2829706, -88.6025006
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Location

Within the Marengo Ridge Conservation Area in Marengo, IL. A few feet off of a hiking trial.

Participants

- gennyble (talk)

Expedition

I was leaving work late and noticed it was past the NYSE opening time, which meant there was a new point! I checked with excitement and saw it was within a conservation area, which appears to be my favourite kind as, so far, I have only hashed within parks and preserves and conserves.

So I took the roughly 40 mile detour almost due South. I was driving slower than I otherwise would have because my car was threatening to slide off the road. No thank you! I arrived without incident and parked in front of a small, frozen marshy area.

I donned my scarf, jacket, and started the quite short hike to the point. A minute, perhaps two!, later I was standing on it. It took a few attempts and gps-accuracy ping-ponging but eventually I managed to get within 2 feet of the point, and that was good enough for me. I took a few photos and left! It was an hour and a half long drive home, roughly twice as long, but it was worth it.

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