Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - Giant City State Park, Makanda IL

Trying the broken wing trick, Killdeer, Site 4, Freeman Community Club RV Park, Freeman MO, May 11, 2010

What's a poor mother to do?

What's a poor mother to do? Freak OUT! .... and then get on with the ol' broken wing decoy trick. Works every time. Almost.

Night camp

Site 82 - Giant City State Park, Makanda IL

• Giant City State Park is a large older park located off US 51 mid way between Carbondale and Anna IL.
• This heavily wooded park has a large campground and many campsites with 30 AMP electric. Water and a dump station are available but not at the sites. Fee is $20.00 per night - no discounts.
• There is good Verizon cell phone and EVDO service
• Find Giant City State Park on my Night Camps map
• Check the weather here

Nights I've camped here

Karl Blossfeldt Plant Studies

Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) was a German instructor of sculpture who used his remarkable photographs of plant studies to educate his students about design in nature. Self-taught in photography, he devoted himself to the study of nature, photographing nothing but plants for thirty-five years.

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