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03-20-2010, 07:01 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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Well guys the wife wants to take a trip to starved rock. Is there any good crawling there?? anybody ever been ??
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03-20-2010, 07:16 PM
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| MWRCA'er  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL
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Park is to over protected. They don't even let you walk on the rocks. Let alone crawl them with the crawler. Expect to walk on wood decking.
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03-20-2010, 07:19 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: hillbilly illinois
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Yea might as well leave the crawler at home. Don't leave the path. They are waaaayyyy over protective there. Sucks cause. There are some killer scale revives there that'd be fun as hell!
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03-20-2010, 09:42 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: LITH
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There are a ton of park rangers there, but if you happen over to Buffalo Rock state park which is about 10 miles away I think you may have a shot at some cool crawling.
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03-20-2010, 10:30 PM
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| MWRCA'er Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL
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Yeah that park is crowded. I thought it was going to me and nature with interesting rock formations. Turned out I was fighting for a parking spot. Once I got on the trail it was like being at the mall loud people everywhere. Not a place if your looking to connect with nature. In all honesty I wasn't all that impressed with the rock formations either. I've seen much more amazing formations in Iowa and Wisconsin that you could just walk and climb on as you pleased. Guess that's Chicago for you though.  |
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03-21-2010, 07:10 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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Buffalo rock is less populated but just as crazy protected. I asked a couple years ago about having a comp there and you would have thought I was talking about dynamiting the area.
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03-21-2010, 02:58 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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Hey bro where abouts in Iowa? My step son is going to school in Iowa City. I see somebody elese talking about Devils Lake in WI, are there any other places I should know about ?? Sorry guys I'm originally from OH and really don't know the sites and parks outside of the northern berbs all that well.... I'm looking for a place I can take the family for a little get away and that I can crawl at LOL If they are gonna be happy I should be too LOL Last edited by WarTrader; 03-21-2010 at 03:01 PM. | |
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03-21-2010, 04:24 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chicago
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I never knew Starved Rock was so strict, I grew up in Ottawa just down the road from there. When I was a kid we used to run around all over there.
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03-21-2010, 04:35 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: hillbilly illinois
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03-21-2010, 06:01 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fraggle Rock
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03-21-2010, 08:49 PM
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| MWRCA'er Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL
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Maquoketa caves is a cool place. Mwrca Mcbride Spillway isn't bad either. Iowa Mwrca Coralville dam has a huge rock gorge. | |
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03-25-2010, 06:35 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere near the lake in IL
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Thanks for the info appreciate it
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03-26-2010, 06:22 AM
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