Daily Archives: October 3, 2013

October 3, 2013 Carlyle Lake, Illinois

Our plans to camp at an Army Corps of Engineers campground at Carlyle Lake were derailed with the shutdown of the federal government.  Instead we went to an Illinois state park, Eldon Hazlett State Recreation Area at Carlyle Lake.  This campground, illini, is one of the largest in Illinois, and is located on the largest manmade lake in Illinois.  The campground was almost deserted this time of year in the middle of the week.  We had a choice of a site, which was an electric only site.

We hiked on the Cherokee Trail and really enjoyed the nice trails, which included several bridges and steps.  The views were beautiful and they had benches at overlooks along the way.  At times we felt that squirrels were throwing walnuts and acorns at us from the trees overhead, and we saw many empty walnut shells along the paths.

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