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Hiking

Every Saturday morning I wake up and just want to go somewhere. I want to have an exciting adventure. I rarely get to do this. I'm usually broke and have lesson plans and papers to write. My usual fantasy involves going hiking somewhere where there are lots of cliffs or mountains or waterfalls or just anything out of the ordinary. I want to climb and do something slightly dangerous. This is nothing new; remember when I went to Apple River Canyon and had to ford the river?

But one silly little hike did not satisfy my craving, so tomorrow, I'm finally going hiking again. I'm going by myself, because it is hard to find friends who are available for a whole day and also want to go hiking. I was originally going to go up to Devil's Lake in Wisconsin, but my friends keeping going on and on about how that would be unsafe or something. More important than that, it's kind of far to go for just a day. So instead, I'm going to Mattheissen State Park, which is down by Starved Rock. Here is why I'm going:


"Hike only the marked trails. Unmarked areas are dangerous. Numerous people have been seriously injured or killed in this park."

Sweet! I'm sure you know what I'm thinking. Don't worry, I won't go too far off the trails...

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