Continuing On

As it wasn't even 2PM, Jill came up with a plan which involved a roundabout way back west. The route took us through Olney and we stopped at a park along a lake there.

A trail led us to a commemorative bird sanctuary, but fearing another downpour (note that it is sunny now - in driving to Olney, heavy rain patches would be only a few hundred feet wide - rain would alternate with bright sun. Hey, its the Midwest.) we didn't take it very far.

Olney is the home of the white squirrel. We managed to actually see one fairly up close.

Continuing on we passed a dam at Carlyle so decided to take a look. It forms the largest lake in IL. It had rained here, but at the moment was sunny and warm - the road steamed.

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