Adeline Jay Geo Karis Illinois Beach State Park

Near Zion, on the western shore of Lake Michigan

Jill and Charlie get the outside tour from Mark

We mostly just hung out for 2 days and spent a better part of the other 2 days going to MLB games. Our campsite was just over some dunes from Lake Michigan, so it was a very pleasant place to hang out. We also got a visit from “Mark’s Charlie” (fellow RSE alum), who lives only 25 minutes west of the park. Charlie-A and Jill came to camp to meet Lizzy and The Brute (Charlie actually suggested the name) and then drove us all to Milwaukee for a Brewers game. Zion is about mid-way between Milwaukee and Chicago, so our 1st MLB game from here was a Cubs game.

Games attended at MLB Ballparks, 1 new & a repeat

Tampa Bay Rays @ Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field (#2-Repeat)
An All Day Adventure…left camp ~9:40 and got to Wrigley Field 2 hours later for the 1:10 PM game (driving & the “L“, 45 minutes longer returning, back ~6:40). It was a beautiful afternoon, and our seats on the 3rd level/3rd base side were in the shade and had a breeze. Good game, which started with a hit, a walk, and a homer by the Rays. But the Cubs eventually came back, including 2 triples! Final Score: 4-6 Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals @ Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field (#20)
Another beautiful afternoon game, great to be there with friends, glad to be in the shade of the partially closed retractable roof, second level behind home plate. Final Score: 3-2 Cardinals. It was the 1st game of 8 we’ve attended on the road this year, where the Home Team lost. Ironic, that it was the best team in the league!

Mark & Gail at Wrigley Field
American Family Field
Charlie, Jill, Mark, Gail at our seats in American Family Field
Early in the Brewers game, with shade across the field from the roof
Late in the Brewers game, with sun crossing the field through the roof windows

Walking around Adeline Jay Geo Karis Illinois Beach State Park

We took a walk to the beach directly behind us the day we arrived, stayed “in” during the thunderstorms our 1st hangout day, and took took a nice, leisurely walk around the park yesterday, including the length of the beach and back along the dune trail.

Dipping her feet in Lake Michigan
Walking north along Lake Michigan, hoping to see the defunct Zion Nuclear Station. We did not.
Walking back to camp along the dune trail
And there’s Lizzy, seen from the trail over the dune from our campsite