Sugar River Campground

[sticks]

Went and did one of our favorite hikes when we're at home yesterday.
One of the Winnebago County Forest Preserves that has a nice camping
area. It's set in a grove of old and very tall white pines. It also
has primitive camping sites, around ten I think, right down along the
river. In the warmer months this place stays pretty busy as there is so
much to do with a playground for the kiddies, good hiking, great fishing
right along the river, and kayaking and tubing are very popular on the
slow moving Sugar River. I've fished at the place several times.

Yesterday temps around here were still pretty warm at about 60F, but it
has been getting into the lower 40's and even upper 30's at night.
There were about 10 RV's and trailers up in the campground, and 4 tents
set up in the primitive area. Cold and rainy overnight and today, so
these must be pretty hardy folks. Two of them were families with little
kids. I thought it was pretty cool they were willing to do this for the
family as the kids were having a great time. Memories made!

[Ted Heise]

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 11:42:24 -0600,

Post by sticks
Went and did one of our favorite hikes when we're at home
yesterday. One of the Winnebago County Forest Preserves that
has a nice camping area. It's set in a grove of old and very
tall white pines. It also has primitive camping sites, around
ten I think, right down along the river. In the warmer months
this place stays pretty busy as there is so much to do with a
playground for the kiddies, good hiking, great fishing right
along the river, and kayaking and tubing are very popular on
the slow moving Sugar River. I've fished at the place several
times.
Yesterday temps around here were still pretty warm at about
60F, but it has been getting into the lower 40's and even upper
30's at night. There were about 10 RV's and trailers up in the
campground, and 4 tents set up in the primitive area. Cold and
rainy overnight and today, so these must be pretty hardy folks.
Two of them were families with little kids. I thought it was
pretty cool they were willing to do this for the family as the
kids were having a great time. Memories made!

Thanks for the nice report. The "preserves" and tall pines
reminded me of a favorite hike, not far from home when we lived in
Bloomington, IN. The Deam Wilderness area (no rv spots, of
course) has a trail that goes through a lovely stand of pines.
Almost cathedral like, and one of my favorite places.