Lets cut to the chase here, before going "around the world in mighty words" my own Carbondale needs a little attention. Though its a small town it has lots of points of interest, scenic lakes, Crab orchard, Kinkad and Little grassy, just to mention a few. For those who are running water fetish Spillway is the way to go. Overnight camping at these places is not to be missed. Sitting by the lakeside evening breeze, sleeping under the starlit sky and waking up by the dew covered grassy lake shore with a view of rising sun thorough the trees with a misty lake in the foreground with fresh crispy air all around is nothing but DIVINE. For trekking lovers there is Garden of gods, and Giant city state park, once we tried climbing the garden of gods free style from the bottom, try it, you will sweat in gallons, its the mother of all workouts. The best time to visit these places is the beginning of the fall, when the weather is just right, you will see shades of colors from green-yellow-red to purple, if you are too late you will see brown. This is just a part of the beauty around 62901. Of course a picture is equivalent to a thousand words....
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| One of the Lakes |
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| Sunrise at camping |
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| Garden of Gods in its full glory |
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| The spillway (P.S. Dont get fooled by the name) |
