According to the Today Show, it’s not peak season for Fall leaf color here in Illinois yet.

Looks pretty good to me, though.

We really have enjoyed hiking around and seeing different birds, chipmunks with their cheeks jammed full of whatever it is they stuff in there, gray squirrels (EEK!  SO CUTE!), and leaves swirling down from the trees in the breeze.

This is a view of Starved Rock from Lovers’ Leap.  We had our picnic right below the flag.  In fact, there are probably still bees swarming there looking for us and our sandwiches.

It’s unfortunate that we didn’t have our camera on the day we hiked the interior canyon trails.  We preferred those to the river trail because a.) there were fewer people, b.) the trail was natural sand/dirt and not boardwalk, c.) the canyons were fantastic!! and d.) there weren’t quite as many stairs up.

LOOK AT ALL THOSE STUPID STAIRS.  My calves are still throbbing.

And how about that teeny foot poking out from behind Joey’s elbow?

Some things are better with three.

Love.

Even if the third party is too busy looking at the squirrels on the ground to actually look at the camera.