This summer's garden art exhibition at Cheekwood and follow up to their Chihuly exhibit of last year. This art exhibit is made with drawing in parents with children because of the Lego factor. Cheekwood has a beautiful children's garden that is worth going to on its own, but the Lego sculptures are truly fantastic and worth seeing.
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Having more time on our full day in Illinois, we headed over to Bell Smith Springs, another rural area that features several hiking trails and a swimming hole. The gravel road to park is bad, but this is clearly an area the locals know. It was covered up and everyone seemed to be at the swimming hole and rowdy. We didn't go the whole way over to that area since there seemed to be a lot of drinking and possibly other illicit activity going on and headed up one of the three trails, Devil's Backbone. This was a nice short little hike past a strange rock formation.
We got done with Metropolis well before lunch, so with plenty of time we headed off to find Garden of the Gods. After an hour long drive we arrived to the heavily visited area. It is well worth it because the views are spectacular and the rock formations are worthy of all the photography devoted to them.
Keep in mind there aren't guard rails and you're more than able to scramble all over every formation there, which can be incredibly dangerous, so use discretion. The area is also very busy so keep in mind all the other tourists.
Stop at the Garden of the Gods Outpost afterwards for a Creamsicle float. It's well worth it.
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AuthorA librarian who likes to travel and experience life. CategoriesArchives
June 2022
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