2008-05-24 41 -87

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Sat 24 May 2008 in 41,-87:
41.1266480, -87.5475331
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Location

300 17000e Rd N, Momence, IL 60954; address conveniently converted from the GPS coordinates by the very useful website http://stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php; this can be read by my GPS enabled phone's software, as opposed to the actual coordinates. This turned out to be a farm ~60 miles south of Chicago, almost on the IL-IN border.

Link to coordinate calculator: http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=41&long=-88&zoom=8&abs=1

People

Only one, sadly. (I'm pretty sure I got the place right!) But some lovely pictures were taken, and a lovely time was had by one.

It might be useful, for next time, for Chicago-area adventure-seekers to agree on a graticule to visit, as apparently some people did show up in Schaumburg, IL.

A nice field (of onion flowers??) along the road to the meetup site
Swampy parkland
Quaint pedestrian-only bridge at the swampy parkland
Gorgeous sky, flat land
Swampy parkland

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The site itself.