As darkness descended Monday in the path of totality, the air cooled, a bullfrog hummed a bass line, and birds of all kinds called out to mark the occasion.
There are hiking gems to be found within three hours of Chicago that aren’t as urban as the North Branch River Trail or as crowded as Starved Rock State Park in Utica.
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