Sinississippi Trail

Lately we have been riding across the dam to Sterling and getting on the path from the Dillon Home to Woodlawn Park, through Sinissippi Park, they just recently paved it all the way.
The following are picture from these rides.

The Hydro Dam, the starting point in Rock Falls,IL

                                                                Walkway on Dam

Beginning of path at Dillon Home Museum

Retaining Wall along Rail Road Tracks

Switch Back that makes the transition to the lower part of the path

Yesterday after the sever storm that went through here we spent a lot of time pulling limbs off the path, this one was too big, so we broke off the smaller limbs to make it easier to get the bikes across it and keep going.

Indian Mounds in Sinississippi Rark

View of Rock River and Lagoon from near the Indian Mounds.

Pig Tail Bridge in Park, any way that's what we always called it when we were kids

The view from the south side of Sauk Valley College of the Rock River, our turn around point on one of our rides.

Wood Lawn Park

Pumpkin Mushrooms, they are poisonous, this is the first day we saw them.

Pumpkin Mushrooms second day we saw them

Pumpkin Mushrooms third time we saw them.

 Pumpkin Mushrooms close up shot. They are pretty, but are poisonous

Heading back to Rock Falls

Path as it comes up to Dillon Home Museum 

Switch Engine at Dillon Homer Museum,  this engine was one of the last actually used at the Steel Mill and as such one of the last Steam Engines actually used in real work in the USA

Viaduct under the Rail Road Tracks as the path coming back to the dam on the Rock River

View looking west from the Hydro Dam Walkway of the Rock River, Sterling, IL in the background  to the right.