{"id":22276,"date":"2025-02-20T19:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T01:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=22276"},"modified":"2025-02-20T19:58:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T01:58:20","slug":"st-louis-canyon-at-starved-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/travel\/st-louis-canyon-at-starved-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Canyon at Starved Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We hiked to the St. Louis Canyon on our third and final day at the park.  But first, here&#8217;s a photo of the lodge lobby.  It&#8217;s very rustic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f25.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f25.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f25-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This hike is nice because it&#8217;s near the cabins so very quick to get right to the trail.  We arrived at this little canyon right away and it was cool because of the frozen water and also rushing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f26.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f26.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f26-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I remember that I took a photo of Kevin right here at this spot the last time we were at Starved Rock.  It was a little warmer back then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f27.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f27.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f27-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It didn&#8217;t take so long to get to the end of the trail, St. Louis Canyon, except that there was so much ice on the ground that it was impossible to get close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f28.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f28.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f28-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">If you watch this video you&#8217;ll see what I mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6CP3wH0M5XY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As we were heading away from the canyon we ran into hikers, the first we&#8217;d seen out hiking since our first day.  It was three women, all about Kevin&#8217;s age, and they were childhood friends I think, and they always got together once a year, maybe&#8230;it was a couple of weeks ago so I&#8217;m sketchy on the details.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">But they were very friendly, and all wearing crampons over their boots so they could get across the ice.  They said that the crampons weren&#8217;t so great for the hiking on the rocks and it seems to me that it&#8217;d be rather terrible, especially since parts of the path were sandy.  It was nice to talk to some friendly people and I would have liked to have watched them crossing the ice floe.  But we were ready to get out of there&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Here we are close to the end, except there were many steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f29.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f29.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f29-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KnkW1YgHsbQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This is the outside of our cabin, which is a quad cabin.  I could hear the people in the adjoining the first night, but not so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f30.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f30.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f30-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">When we got back to the lobby I noticed this picture of the lodge.  It doesn&#8217;t look like that at all now, but I thought the lodge was built by the CCC in the 40s?  They must have remodeled it. Never mind, I took three seconds looking it up; the Starved Rock Hotel was built in the 1890s, and the current Lodge was, indeed, built by the CiIvilian Conservation Corps, in the 1930s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f31.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f31.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f31-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We got home in the afternoon and of course the only deer we saw on our trip were actually in our front yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f32.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f32.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f32-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A good trip.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Ok then, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mrs. nearing the end of February Hughes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hiked to the St. Louis Canyon on our third and final day at the park. But first, here&#8217;s a photo of the lodge lobby. It&#8217;s very rustic. This hike is nice because it&#8217;s near the cabins so very quick to get right to the trail. We arrived at this little canyon right away and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[295],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6JLYy-5Ni","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22286,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22276\/revisions\/22286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}